Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/káHmah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas

Proto-Iranian *káHmah

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”) +‎ *-mos (deverbal noun suffix).

Noun

*káHmah m

wish, desire

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*káHmah	*káHmā(w)	*káHmāh(ah)
vocative	*káHma	*káHmā(w)	*káHmāh(ah)
accusative	*káHmam	*káHmā(w)	*káHmānh
instrumental	*káHmaH	*káHmaybʰyā(m)	*káHmāyš
ablative	*káHmāt	*káHmaybʰyā(m)	*káHmaybʰyah
dative	*káHmāy	*káHmaybʰyā(m)	*káHmaybʰyah
genitive	*káHmahya	*káHmayāh	*káHmānaHam
locative	*káHmay	*káHmayaw	*káHmayšu

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬐𐬁𐬨𐬀 (kāma)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  - Central Kurdish: کام (kam), کاو (kaw)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian: *kā́mah
  - → Old Armenian: կամք (kamkʻ), կամակ (kamak), կամայ (kamay), ակամայ (akamay)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (k-a-m /⁠kāmaʰ⁠/)
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠kām⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫀𐫖 (kʾm)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: 𐭠‎𐭬‎𐭪 (kʾm)
    - Persian: کام (kâm)
  - Lurish:
    Northern Luri: کۏم (köm)
    
    Bakhtiari: کۏم (köm)
    
    Southern Luri: کۏم (möm)