Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰimás

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 *ǵʰimós (“cold, frost”).

Noun

*ȷ́ʰimás m

1. cold, frost
2. winter

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́ʰimas	*ȷ́ʰimā	*ȷ́ʰimā, -ās(as)
vocative	*ȷ́ʰima	*ȷ́ʰimā	*ȷ́ʰimā, -ās(as)
accusative	*ȷ́ʰimam	*ȷ́ʰimā	*ȷ́ʰimāns
instrumental	*ȷ́ʰimā	*ȷ́ʰimaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ʰimāyš
ablative	*ȷ́ʰimāt	*ȷ́ʰimaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ʰimaybʰyas
dative	*ȷ́ʰimāy	*ȷ́ʰimaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ʰimaybʰyas
genitive	*ȷ́ʰimasya	*ȷ́ʰimayās	*ȷ́ʰimāna(H)m
locative	*ȷ́ʰimay	*ȷ́ʰimayaw	*ȷ́ʰimayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰimás
  • Sanskrit: हिम (himá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *jimáh (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *jimá (see there for further descendants)