Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yámHas

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

From Proto-Indo-European *yémHos.

Noun edit

*yámHas m

pair, twin

Declension edit

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*yámHas	*yámHā	*yámHā, -ās(as)
vocative	*yámHa	*yámHā	*yámHā, -ās(as)
accusative	*yámHam	*yámHā	*yámHāns
instrumental	*yámHā	*yámHaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*yámHāyš
ablative	*yámHāt	*yámHaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*yámHaybʰyas
dative	*yámHāy	*yámHaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*yámHaybʰyas
genitive	*yámHasya	*yámHayās	*yámHāna(H)m
locative	*yámHay	*yámHayaw	*yámHayšu

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yámHas
- Sanskrit: यम (yáma)
  - Dardic:
    - Khowar: جمژ (ǰamiž)
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Sinhalese: යමා (yamā)
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bihari:
      - Bhojpuri: जेंवां (jēnvā̃)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: जवा (javā)
  - Pali: yama
Proto-Iranian: *yámHah
- Old Avestan: 𐬫𐬇𐬨𐬀 (yə̄ma, “twin; Jamshid, Yima”)
  Younger Avestan: 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀 (yima)
- Sogdian: (/⁠Yime~ Yimi⁠/, “Yima, Jamshid”)
  Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (ymyh)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠ǰam⁠/, “twin; Jamshid”)
  Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (jm)
  
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ym)
  - Classical Persian: جم (J̌am, “Jamshid”)
    Dari: جم (J̌am)
    
    Iranian Persian: جم (J̌am)
    
    Tajik: Ҷам (Jam)
    - → Ottoman Turkish: جم (Cem, “Jamshid; king; prince”)
      - Turkish: Cem
    - → Kurdish
      Central Kurdish: جەم (J̌am)
      
      Northern Kurdish: Cem (J̌am)
> Proto-Iranian: *yámHahākah
- Sogdian: (/⁠yəmāk⁠/, “twin”)
  Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (ymʼk)
  
  Syriac script: ܝܡܐܟ (ymʼk)
> Proto-Iranian: *yámHahakah
- Middle Persian: (/⁠ǰamag⁠/, “Jamag, Jamshid's sister”)
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ymk')
- Parthian: (/⁠yamag⁠/, “twin; heavenly twin”)
  Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (ymg)
> Proto-Iranian: *yámHahīkah
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (jmyg /⁠ǰamīg⁠/, “twin”)
- Baluchi: جمکی (jamkì, “the branch has two branchlets”) (Perhaps)
> Proto-Iranian: *yámHahxšáytah
- Avestan: 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (yima xšaēta, “radiant Yima”)
  - → Middle Persian: (/⁠ǰamšēd⁠/, “Jamshid, a mythical figure in Iranian fairytales”)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ymšyt')
    - Classical Persian: جمشید (J̌amšēd)
      Dari: جمشید (J̌amšēd)
      
      Iranian Persian: جمشید (J̌amšīd)
      
      Tajik: Ҷамшед (Jamšed)
      - → Kurdish
        Central Kurdish: جەمشید (J̌amšīd)
        
        Northern Kurdish: Cemşîd (J̌amšīd)
      - → Hindustani:
        Hindi: जमशेद (jamśed)
        
        Urdu: جمشید (Jamšed)
      - → Uzbek: Jamshid
Proto-Nuristani: *yáma
- ⇒ Proto-Nuristani: *yāmaṇa
  - Northern Nuristani:
    - Kamkata-viri:
      Kamviri: iāmṇa
      
      Kativiri: iāmṇa
  - Southern Nuristani:
    - Waigali: iāmūṇa
→ Proto-Finnic: *jama (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Samic: *juomē (see there for further descendants)