Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maHám

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

Pronoun

*maHám[1]

  1. accusative singular of *aȷ́ʰám

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maHám
    • Sanskrit: माम् (mā́m) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *maHám
    • Central Iranian:
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬄𐬨 (mąm)
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (ma, “me”)
    • Southeastern Iranian:
      • Pashto: ما (mā, “me”)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Kurdish:
        Northern Kurdish: min (/⁠min⁠/, “me”)
        Central Kurdish: من (min /⁠min⁠/, “I ; me”)
        Southern Kurdish: مِ (mi /⁠mi⁠/, “I, me”)
        Laki: مِ (mi /⁠mi⁠/, “I, me”)
        • Zaza-Gurani:
          • Gurani: من (min /⁠min⁠/, “me”), مە (me /⁠ma⁠/)
          • Zazaki: mi (“me”), min
    • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎶 (m-a-m /⁠mām⁠/, “me”)

References

  1. ^ 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 1904: “*ma-(H)ám”
  2. ^ 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 505
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