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.
Noun[edit]
*skambʰás m
Declension[edit]
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *skambʰás | *skambʰā́ | *skambʰā́, -ā́s(as) |
| vocative | *skambʰa | *skambʰā́ | *skambʰā́, -ā́s(as) |
| accusative | *skambʰám | *skambʰā́ | *skambʰā́ns |
| instrumental | *skambʰā́ | *skambʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *skambʰā́yš |
| ablative | *skambʰā́t | *skambʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *skambʰáybʰyas |
| dative | *skambʰā́y | *skambʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *skambʰáybʰyas |
| genitive | *skambʰásya | *skambʰáyās | *skambʰā́na(H)m |
| locative | *skambʰáy | *skambʰáyaw | *skambʰáyšu |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *skambʰás[1]
- 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]
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “skambhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press