The main method of exacting ancient Indo-Aryan roots is a process of reverse engineering those singular roots which we see spread across all of the Indo-Aryan languages; we see these most commonly in the basest elements of language, such as pronouns, declension systems, prepositions and common nouns that all have a common original root. One such root is the one corresponding with the English word "Aryan", perhaps one of the first recognized cognates of the original Sanskrit linguistic roots with those in Europe and elsewhere; in effect, breaching the gap between India and Europe and making Sanskrit one of the most distant languages to have been descended from the primordial Aryan tongue. Discoverers of this thus called the primordial language "Aryan" since the Sanskrit word "Arya" had immediately recognizable cognates in all other Indo-European languages. This furthered the study of the primordial Aryan tongue and brought it into the mainstream of linguistic research.
But what does this word mean, Aryan? The root I will reconstruct as Aros, and in all tongues its base meaning is "noble", "high", and was used by the Aryan tribes to describe themselves and to distinction between themselves and the people they conquered - the native Indian inhabitants. This root can also be found in many other countries whose foundations are Indo-European in origin; the "Ir" in the name Iran comes from the same root, as well as the "Ir" in Ireland, both effectively meaning "the land of the Aryans".
Other descendents of this root include "aristos", the Greek word meaning "high" or "noble", which has descended into the English language in the form of the word aristocracy and aristocratic. The German word "Ehre", meaning Honor or honorable, is a cognate as well.
Philosophically, the Indo-Aryan root "Ur-" is probably also a cognate with a much deeper history. The German prefix "Ur-", which is a direct descendent, bears the meaning of "original", "ancient", and "primordial", which could very well be in relation to the eternal nature of nobility in the Indo-European religion and social system. Therefore the "Aryans" would also mean "the Original Ones" or "the Ancient Ones" in reference to themselves, who of course would remain the same as opposed to the new peoples and experiences they came into contact with throughout their lifetime. It conveys the philosophical idea of eternity, of being eternal.
Taking all of this into account, the very word "origin" may be descended from this root, from the Latin word "orior", meaning to rise or originate, whose "or-" belongs to the original root Aros.
We must also not forget the other Indo-European root which bears close similarity with the Aros root; Aeros, meaning wind or spirit. In the Indo-European religion, the human soul was considered to be something similar to breath or wind; often times the word for wind or air would also mean "soul". Therefore Aros could also be the original word for "wind" or "air", as it was seen as the breath of the person which was their soul, and therefore their existence as a member of the Aryan tribe. Existing as a collective entity, they could have considered their tribe as bearing one collective and unconscious, primordial soul which they called "Aros", meaning all of these things, which relates to Jung's ideas about the collective unconscious. Playing into racial and tribal psychology, Aros could very well be the epitome of the tribe's racial and spiritual identity, the most important root which defined who they were in the cosmos. It was associated with everything that was original, primordial and eternal to their race; their unchanging identity as a collective soul which formed the continuum known as Aros.
Therefore it would be wise to note "Aros" as one of the more important roots in the Indo-European language. Due to its nature, it is probably a highly potent word in the subconscious manipulative process, perhaps even of high "magical value" in rituals designed to create a meditative state in which primordial race-memory is accessed or remembered.
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