Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰiHmás

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 *bʰih₂-mó-s, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”) +‎ *-mós.

Noun

*bʰiHmás m

1. fear

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰiHmás	*bʰiHmā́	*bʰiHmā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*bʰiHma	*bʰiHmā́	*bʰiHmā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*bʰiHmám	*bʰiHmā́	*bʰiHmā́ns
instrumental	*bʰiHmā́	*bʰiHmáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*bʰiHmā́yš
ablative	*bʰiHmā́t	*bʰiHmáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*bʰiHmáybʰyas
dative	*bʰiHmā́y	*bʰiHmáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*bʰiHmáybʰyas
genitive	*bʰiHmásya	*bʰiHmáyās	*bʰiHmā́na(H)m
locative	*bʰiHmáy	*bʰiHmáyaw	*bʰiHmáyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *biHmás
  • Sanskrit: भीम (bhīmá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *biHmáh
  • Baluchi: دود (bēm)
  • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bym /⁠bīm⁠/)
    • Persian: بیم (bim)