Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náymas

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 edit

Etymology edit

Unknown;^[1] possibly borrowed from a substrate language.^[2] Alternatively suggested to derive from *neyH- (“to lead”),^[3] however the semantics of this are untenable.

Adjective edit

*náymas^[1]

half
Synonym: *Hárdʰas

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náymas
- Sanskrit: नेम (néma)
Proto-Iranian: *náymah (see there for further descendants)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “néma-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki, page 12
^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “*naima-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 439

[IAIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “néma-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki, page 12

[3] Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “*naima-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 439

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