Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/aštamás
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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
Etymology
An Indo-Iranian innovation; modelled after other ordinal adjectives like *daćamás; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Adjective
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *aṣṭamás
- Sanskrit: अष्टम (aṣṭamá) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *aštamáh
References
- ^ 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 ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1954: “*aštama-”
- ^ Gvozdanovic, Jadranka (1991) Indo-European Numerals, Mouton de Gruyter, page 323