Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/asmá

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 *n̥smé.

Pronoun

*asmá[1][2]

  1. accusative of *wayám (“we”): us

Descendants

  • ⇒ Proto-Indo-Aryan: *asmā́m (+ *-ám[2])
  • Proto-Iranian: *ahmá
    • Avestan:
      Old Avestan: 𐬇𐬵𐬨𐬁 (ə̄hmā)
      Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬨𐬀 (ahma)

References

  1. ^ 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 1904
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 569
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