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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čárma

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 *(s)kér-mn̥ ~ *(s)kr̥-mén-s, from *(s)ker- (“to cut off, turn”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kora (“bark”).[1]

Noun

*čárma n (stem *čárman)

  1. skin
  2. hide, pelt

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćárma
  • Proto-Iranian: *čárma (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani:
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: čom
        Kativiri: čom
    • Southern Nuristani:
      • Ashkun: čām
      • Waigali: čām

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “cárman-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 537
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