Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćyaHmás

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁-mó-s (black, dark), vṛddhi-derivation[1] of *ḱih₃-mó-s, from *(s)ḱeh₃- (darkness, shadow).

Adjective[edit]

*ćyaHmás[2][3]

  1. black
    Synonyms: *ćyaHitás, *ćyaHwás

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćyaHmás
  • Proto-Iranian: *cyaHmáh

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 105, 110
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “śyāmá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  3. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015) “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion[1]