Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hamdaHma

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”) + *-mn̥ ~ *-mén (deverbal suffix).

Noun

*hamdaHma n

1. member, limb

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬁𐬨𐬀 (haṇdāma)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (haṃdāmaṃci)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: ھەناو (henaw)

    Northern Kurdish: henav, hinav

  • Parthian: 𐫍𐫗𐫅𐫀𐫖 (hndʾm /⁠handām⁠/)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (*hamdāman)
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean:𐫍𐫗𐫀𐫖 (hnʾm /⁠hannām⁠/)

      Pahlavi: [script needed] (hndʾm /⁠handām⁠/)

      • Classical Persian:
        • Persian: اندام (andâm)
        • Tajik: андом (andom)
      • → Arabic: هِنْدَام (hindām)
      • → Old Armenian: անդամ (andam)
    • → Aramaic: הדמא (haddāmā)
    • → Classical Mandaic: ࡄࡀࡍࡃࡀࡌ (handāmā)
    • → Classical Syriac: ܗܕܡܐ (haddāmā)