Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HáHtmā
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath, spirit”), from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) + *-mō. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ēþmô (“breath”), Proto-Tocharian *āñcäme (“wish, self, soul”).
Noun
*HáHtmā ~ *Htmáns m[1][2][N 1]
Inflection
This would be the paradigm inherited from Proto-Indo-European:
| consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *HáHtmā | *HáHtmānāw | *HáHtmānas |
| vocative | *HáHtman | *HáHtmānāw | *HáHtmānas |
| accusative | *HáHtmānam | *HáHtmānāw | *Htanás |
| instrumental | *HtanáH | *HtanbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m | *Htmabʰíš |
| ablative | *Htanás | *HtanbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m | *HtmabʰyáH |
| dative | *Htanáy | *HtanbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m | *HtmabʰyáH |
| genitive | *Htanás | *Htanáwš | *Htanā́m |
| locative | *HáHtmani | *Htanáwš | *Htmasú |
Descendants
Notes
- ^ The declension looks to have been contaminated by the neuter men-stem.
References
- ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015) “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion, Prague: “*(H)áHtmān- ~ *(H)Htman- ‘breath’ > Ved. ātmā́n- ~ tmán- RV → ātmā́n- ~ ātmán”
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ātmán-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University