Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰarmyám

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

Lubotsky proposes non-Indo-European (substrate) origin.

Otherwise compared to Ancient Greek χερμάς (khermás, stone), particularly in the meaning “large block of stone”, if this is not itself of substrate origin, but the semantic connection is weak.[1] Kroonen compares Proto-Germanic *grumþuz ~ *grunduz (ground).[2]

Noun edit

*ȷ́ʰarmyám n

  1. permanent house, building

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χερμάς, -άδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1626
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grumþu- ~ *grundu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations[1], Helsinki