Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/páyHmā
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Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *páyHmā, from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂-mō ~ *pih₂-mén-s, from *peyh₂- (“to swell (with milk)”) + *-mō.[1]
Noun
*páyHmā m
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (paēman, “mother's milk”)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: (paṃna, “a food”)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Mazanderani: (*pam)
- ⇒ Mazanderani: (pambaxardan)
- Parthian: (“cream, fat”)
- Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫏𐫖𐫀𐫅𐫃 (pymʾdg /pēmādag/)
- Mazanderani: (*pam)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (“milk”)
- Book Pahlavi script: (pym /pēm/)
- Middle Persian: (“milk”)
- →? Proto-Finno-Ugric: *pejmä (“milk”)
- Proto-Finnic: *piimä (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)- pī̆- ,”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793