Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hyás

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 *Hyós.

    Pronoun

    *Hyás[1]

    1. that, who, which (relative pronoun)

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyás
      • Sanskrit: यद् (yád), यः (yáḥ, masc.nom.sg.) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *Hyáh
      • Avestan:
        Old Avestan: 𐬫𐬇 (yə̄)
        Younger Avestan: 𐬫𐬋 ()
      • Northern Kurdish: , ê, -yê, , ya, a, -ya, -a
      • Middle Persian: Y (ī)
        • Persian: ـِ (ezafe particle) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 312
    2. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (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 morphology of Indo-Iranian, page 1902