Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HámHas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃émh₃-o-s, from *h₃emh₃- (“to grab, seize”) +‎ *-os.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*HámHas m

power, force

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*HámHas	*HámHā(w)	*HámHās(as)
vocative	*HámHa	*HámHā(w)	*HámHās(as)
accusative	*HámHam	*HámHā(w)	*HámHāns
instrumental	*HámHaH	*HámHaybʰyā(m)	*HámHāyš
ablative	*HámHāt	*HámHaybʰyā(m)	*HámHaybʰyas
dative	*HámHāy	*HámHaybʰyā(m)	*HámHaybʰyas
genitive	*HámHasya	*HámHayās	*HámHānaHam
locative	*HámHay	*HámHayaw	*HámHayšu

Derived terms

*HámHawāns

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HámHas
- Sanskrit: अम (áma)
Proto-Iranian: *HámHah
- Avestan:
  Old Avestan: 𐬇𐬨𐬀 (ə̄ma)
  
  Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬨𐬀 (ama)
- Old Persian: *amah

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “amⁱ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 27: “Proto-Indo-Iranian: HamH-”
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*HamH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “amⁱ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 27: “Proto-Indo-Iranian: HamH-”

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*HamH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160

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