Comparative evidence

h₁eu̯s

• OInd. uṣ- 'burn' (Whitney 1885: 13);  'burn down' (active); 'punish', 'chastise' (MW: 220)

References

MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.
Whitney 1885 = Whitney W. D. 1885. The roots, verb forms and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit language. A supplement to his Sanskrit grammar. Leipzig.