Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dmáHnas

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

From Proto-Indo-European *dméh₂-no-s, from *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”) +‎ *-nos.^[1]

Noun

*dmáHnas m

building, dwelling, house

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dmáHnas	*dmáHnā	*dmáHnā, -ās(as)
vocative	*dmáHna	*dmáHnā	*dmáHnā, -ās(as)
accusative	*dmáHnam	*dmáHnā	*dmáHnāns
instrumental	*dmáHnā	*dmáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dmáHnāyš
ablative	*dmáHnāt	*dmáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dmáHnaybʰyas
dative	*dmáHnāy	*dmáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dmáHnaybʰyas
genitive	*dmáHnasya	*dmáHnayās	*dmáHnāna(H)m
locative	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnayaw	*dmáHnayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dmáHnas^[2]
- Sanskrit: मान (mā́na) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *dmáHnaH f (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Трофимов, А. А. Проблема реконструкции индоевропейских начальных кластеров *dm- и *dʰm.
^ Hashemi, Mahsa, Najari, Hossein (2015) “Avestan Architecture: A Descriptive Etymological Lexicon”, in International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, volume 63, page 63: “OI.*dmāna”

[1] Трофимов, А. А. Проблема реконструкции индоевропейских начальных кластеров *dm- и *dʰm.

[2] Hashemi, Mahsa, Najari, Hossein (2015) “Avestan Architecture: A Descriptive Etymological Lexicon”, in International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, volume 63, page 63: “OI.*dmāna”

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