Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/samHáranam

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 *sem-h₃ér-en-o-m, from *sem- (“together”) + *h₃er- (“to fight, quarrel; to move, rise”).

Noun

*samHáranam n

1. battle, strife

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *samHáranam
  • Vedic Sanskrit: समरण (samáraṇa, “battle”)
• Proto-Iranian: *hamHáranam
  • Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (hamar^əna, “battle”)
  • Old Persian: 𐏃𐎶𐎼𐎴 (h-m-r-n /⁠hamarana⁠/, “battle”)

Further reading

• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “samáran.a-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 436
• Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1952: “*sam-árana-”