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]
- a woman
Declension
[edit]| yaH-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *stríH | *stríH | *stríHš |
| vocative | *strí | *stríH | *stríHš |
| accusative | *stríHm | *stríH | *stríHš |
| instrumental | *stryáH | *stríHbʰyā(m) | *stríHbʰiš |
| ablative | *stryáHs | *stríHbʰyā(m) | *stríHbʰyas |
| dative | *stryáy | *stríHbʰyā(m) | *stríHbʰyas |
| genitive | *stryáHs | *stríHās | *stríHnaHam |
| locative | *stryáH | *stríHaw | *stríHsu |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stríH
- Proto-Iranian: *stríH
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍 (strī)
- Eastern Iranian:
- Western Iranian:
- Central Iranian:
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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-”