Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náyȷ́žʰam
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *néyǵʰ-s,[1] likely of non-Indo-European origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Uralic *nikka (“to stick in, push”).
Noun
[edit]*náyȷ́žʰam n
Inflection
[edit]| neuter a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *náyȷ́žʰam | *náyȷ́žʰay | *náyȷ́žʰaH |
| vocative | *náyȷ́žʰam | *náyȷ́žʰay | *náyȷ́žʰaH |
| accusative | *náyȷ́žʰam | *náyȷ́žʰay | *náyȷ́žʰaH |
| instrumental | *náyȷ́žʰā | *náyȷ́žʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *náyȷ́žʰāyš |
| ablative | *náyȷ́žʰāt | *náyȷ́žʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *náyȷ́žʰaybʰyas |
| dative | *náyȷ́žʰāy | *náyȷ́žʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *náyȷ́žʰaybʰyas |
| genitive | *náyȷ́žʰasya | *náyȷ́žʰayās | *náyȷ́žʰāna(H)m |
| locative | *náyȷ́žʰay | *náyȷ́žʰayaw | *náyȷ́žʰayšu |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náyȷ́ẓʰam
- Proto-Iranian: *náyjam
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “NIKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 41: “*nei̯ǵ⁽ʰ⁾ ~ *nei̯ǵ⁽ʰ⁾s”
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 172
- ^ Janda, Michael (2004) Die Sprache Der Meder (dissertation)[3] (in German), University of Zurich, page 105
Further reading
[edit]- Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 443–446