Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/yāmáyati

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *yāmáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *yom-éye-ti, from *yem- (“to take hold, restrain”). Cognate with Sanskrit यामयति (yāmáyati).

Verb

*yāmáyati

1. to hold, restrain
2. to take, seize

Related terms

• *yasáti

Derived terms

• *aHyāmáyati (+ *aH- (“back”))
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (ājum-, “to bring”)
  • Sogdian: (“to end, finish”)

    Buddhist: [script needed] (ʾʾyʾmt, 3sg.pres.pot.)

• *frayāmáyati (+ *fra- (“toward, forward”))
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (šyʾm-), [script needed] (šyʾmy-, “to break, end the fasting”)
  • Sogdian: (“to end, break the fasting”)

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (fryʾmδʾkʾm, 2pl.fut.act.)

• *Hapayāmáyati (+ *Hapa- (“off, away, from”))
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (byʾmy-, “to break a promise”)
  • >? Sogdian: (“to heal”)

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (pyʾmʾn, 1sg.pres.subj.)

• *patiyāmáyati (+ *pati- (“against, near, upon”))
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (pīm-, “to bring”)
  • Sogdian: (“to complete”)

    Buddhist: [script needed] (ptyʾm-)

    Sogdian script: [script needed] (pttyyʾm, 3sg.impf.ind.)

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (pṭyʾmṭ)

• *upayāmáyati (+ *upa- (“towards, near to, sub-”))
  • Sogdian: (“rear, foster”)

    Christian: [script needed] (byʾm-, 3pl.impf.ind.)

• *uzyāmáyati (+ *uz- (“up, out, forth, arising”))
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (zʾmy-, “to spend”)
  • Sogdian: (“to consume, spend”)

    Buddhist: [script needed] (zyʾʾmt)

    Christian: [script needed] (zyʾm-)

References

• Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) “*i̭am-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 68-78
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*i̭am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 211-212