Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/stríH

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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]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)s-ér-ih₂ ~ *(h₁)s-r̥-yeh₂, from *(h₁)ós-r̥, *(h₁)és-r-. Compare Tocharian B ṣarya (lady).[1]

Noun[edit]

*stríH f[2]

  1. a woman

Declension[edit]

yaH-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *stríH *stríH *stríH́s
vocative *stríH *stríH *stríH́s
accusative *stríHm *stríH *stríH́s
instrumental *stryáH *stríHbʰyā(m) *stríHbʰiš
ablative *stryáHs *stríHbʰyā(m) *stríHbʰyas
dative *stryáy *stríHbʰyā(m) *stríHbʰyas
genitive *stryáHs *stríyās *stríHnām
locative *stryáH *stríyaw *stríHsu

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ronald I. Kim (2014) “A Tale of Two Suffixes: *-h₂-, *-ih₂-, and the Evolution of Feminine Gender in Proto-Indo-European”, in Studies on the Collective and Feminine in Indo-European from a Diachronic and Typological Perspective
  2. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1951:*stríH-