Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náymas

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown;[1] possibly borrowed from a substrate language.[2] Alternatively suggested to derive from *neyH- (to lead),[3] however the semantics of this are untenable.

Adjective

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*náymas[1]

  1. half
    Synonym: *Hárdʰas

Descendants

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  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náymas
  • Proto-Iranian: *náymah (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “néma-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations[1], Helsinki, page 12
  3. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “*naima-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 439