Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ǰāmáyati

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From earlier *gāmáyati, contaminated by *Háǰant, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gāmáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷom-éye-ti, from *gʷem- (“to go”) +‎ *-éyeti. Cognate with Sanskrit गमयति (gamayati).

Verb

*ǰāmáyati

1. to cause to come
2. to cause to arrive, bring

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬘𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (jāmaiieⁱti, “to come”)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (zʾmy, imp.), [script needed] (mʾzʾmy-, ipf.), [script needed] (mʾzʾdk, “to bring, present”, ppp.)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Parthian: 𐫋𐫀𐫖𐫏𐫅 (jʾmyd /⁠žāmēd⁠/, “to lead”)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: 𐫉𐫀𐫖𐫗𐫀𐫅 (zʾmnʾd /⁠žāmānd⁠/, “to lead”, 3sg.caus.subj.act.)
    • ⇒ Middle Persian: (“to send”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫀𐫖𐫏𐫗𐫏𐫆 (zʾmynyẖ /⁠zāmēnēh⁠/, 2sg.pres.), 𐫉𐫀𐫖𐫏𐫗𐫀𐫅 (z’myn’d /⁠zāmēnād⁠/, 3sg.subj.)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (zʾmynytn' /⁠zāmēnīdan⁠/)

Further reading

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gam¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN