Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sambʰandʰás

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 *som-bʰondʰ-ó-s, from *som- (“together”) +‎ *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”) +‎ *-ós. Equivalent to *sam- (“together”) +‎ *bʰandʰás (“binding, joining”). Cognate with Old Norse samband n (“connection”).

Noun

*sambʰandʰás m

1. connection, joining

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sambʰandʰás	*sambʰandʰā́	*sambʰandʰā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*sambʰandʰa	*sambʰandʰā́	*sambʰandʰā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*sambʰandʰám	*sambʰandʰā́	*sambʰandʰā́ns
instrumental	*sambʰandʰā́	*sambʰandʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*sambʰandʰā́yš
ablative	*sambʰandʰā́t	*sambʰandʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*sambʰandʰáybʰyas
dative	*sambʰandʰā́y	*sambʰandʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*sambʰandʰáybʰyas
genitive	*sambʰandʰásya	*sambʰandʰáyās	*sambʰandʰā́na(H)m
locative	*sambʰandʰáy	*sambʰandʰáyaw	*sambʰandʰáyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sambandʰás
  • Sanskrit: सम्बन्ध (sambandhá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *hambandáh
  • Ossetian: ӕмбонд (æmbond, “fence”)
  • Sogdian: 𐼰𐼻𐼱𐼰𐼻𐽂 (ʾnβʾnt, “joined, attachment”)