Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/skambʰás
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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 *skabʰ- (“to hold up”). Cognate with Latin scamnum (“stool, bench”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*skambʰás m
Declension
[edit]| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *skambʰás | *skambʰā́(w) | *skambʰā́s(as) |
| vocative | *skámbʰa | *skámbʰā(w) | *skámbʰās(as) |
| accusative | *skambʰám | *skambʰā́(w) | *skambʰā́ns |
| instrumental | *skambʰáH | *skambʰáybʰyā(m) | *skambʰā́yš |
| ablative | *skambʰā́t | *skambʰáybʰyā(m) | *skambʰáybʰyas |
| dative | *skambʰā́y | *skambʰáybʰyā(m) | *skambʰáybʰyas |
| genitive | *skambʰásya | *skambʰáyās | *skambʰā́naHam |
| locative | *skambʰáy | *skambʰáyaw | *skambʰáyšu |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *skambʰás[2]
- Proto-Iranian: *skambáh
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: *𐬯𐬐𐬀𐬨𐬠𐬀 (*skamba)
- ⇒ Avestan: 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀𐬨𐬠𐬆𐬨 (upaskambəm, “securing”)
- Avestan: *𐬯𐬐𐬀𐬨𐬠𐬀 (*skamba)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: سکام (skām, “tent pole”)
- Central Iranian:
- Proto-Nuristani: *skambá
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “SKAMBHᴵ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 750-1
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “skambhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press