Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yúHš

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 *yúHs.

Pronoun

*yúHš^[1]

you (plural)

Derived terms

*yuHžám^[2] (with external sandhi)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: यूयम् (yūyám) (influenced by वयम् (vayám, “we”))
- Proto-Iranian: *yuHžám
  - Avestan:
    Old Avestan: 𐬫𐬏𐬲𐬇𐬨 (yūžə̄m)
    
    Younger Avestan: 𐬫𐬏𐬲𐬆𐬨 (yūžəm)
  - Northern Kurdish: hûn

Descendants

Proto-Iranian:
- Old Avestan: 𐬫𐬏𐬱 (yūš, enclitic)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “yūyám”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 625
^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 389