Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wayám

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 *wéy + *-ám.

Pronoun

*wayám^[1]^[2]^[3]

nominative plural of *aȷ́ʰám

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wayám
- Sanskrit: वयम् (vayám)
  - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀅𑀁 (vaaṃ)
  - Dardic:
    - Chilisso: [script needed] (be)
    - Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (bē)
    - Phalura: be
    - Savi: [script needed] (bē)
    - Shina:
      Gilgiti: [script needed] (be)
      Guresi: [script needed] (bē)
      Palesi: [script needed] (bē)
    - Kashmiri: بہٕ (bụ, “I”)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀅𑀁 (vaaṃ) (proscribed by grammarians)
Proto-Iranian: *wayám
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm)
- Old Persian: 𐎺𐎹𐎶 (v-y-m /⁠vayam⁠/)

References

^ 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
^ 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 849
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vayám”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 572-3

[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] 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 849

[3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vayám”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 572-3

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