Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ayám

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *Hayám

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ey + *-óm. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *iz, Proto-Italic *is.

Pronoun

*ayám m (f *iHám, n *idám)[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. he, this (proximal)

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ayám
  • Proto-Iranian: *ayám
    • Avestan:
      Old Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬨 (aiiə̄m), 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm)
      Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm)
    • Old Persian: 𐎡𐎹𐎶 m or f (iyam) (from feminine)
    • Kurdish:
      • Northern Kurdish: ê, yê

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 369
  2. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Indo-Iranian, page 1901
  3. ^ Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 72
  4. ^ Skjævø, Prods Oktor (2003) An Introduction to Young Avestan‎[2], 4th edition, page 44
  5. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ay-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103

Further reading

  • Blažek, Václav with Hegedűs, Irén (2010) “On the position of Nuristani within Indo-Iranian”, in Sukač, Roman, Šefčík, Ondřej, editors, Sound of Indo-European 2: Papers on Indo-European Phonetics, Phonemics and Morphophonemics‎[4], volume 41, Munich: Lincom Studies in Indo-European Linguistics, published 2012, →ISBN, page 56
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