Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hadʰamás

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 *h₁n̥dʰ-m̥mo-s, from *h₁n̥dʰí (“under, below”) +‎ *-tm̥mós.

Adjective

*Hadʰamás^[1]^[2]

superlative degree of *Hadʰáras (“low”): lowest

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hadʰamás^[2]
- Sanskrit: अधम (adhamá)
Proto-Iranian: *Hadamáh^[2]^[1]
- Ormuri: jēm, jəm, zēm (Baraki Barak)
- Ormuri: jēm, jim (Kaniguram)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “adhamá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*adah”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 80-81

[IAIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “adhamá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[ESIJa-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*adah”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 80-81

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