Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/támHaswāns

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 *támHas (“darkness”) +‎ *-wāns.

Adjective

*támHaswāns

1. dark

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *támHaswāns
  • Sanskrit: तमस्वन्त् (támasvant)
• Proto-Iranian: *támHahwāh
  • Avestan: 𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬙 (təmaŋᵛhaṇt, “dark; blinded”)