Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/iyám

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

*Hiyám

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)i-.

Pronoun

*iyám f^[1]^[2]

she (proximal)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *iyám
- Sanskrit: इयम् (iyám)
Proto-Iranian: *iyám
- Younger Avestan: 𐬍𐬨 (īm)
- Old Persian: 𐎡𐎹𐎶 (i-y-m /⁠iyam⁠/)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ay-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103
^ Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎^[2], Brill, →ISBN

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ay-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103

[2] Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎^[2], Brill, →ISBN

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