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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰarmyám

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

Lubotsky proposes non-Indo-European (substrate) origin.

Otherwise compared to Ancient Greek χερμάς (khermás, “stone”), particularly in the meaning “large block of stone”, if this is not itself of substrate origin, but the semantic connection is weak.[1] Kroonen compares Proto-Germanic *grumþuz ~ *grunduz (“ground”).[2]

Noun

*ȷ́ʰarmyám n

  1. permanent house, building

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰarmyám
  • Proto-Iranian: *jarmyám
    • Avestan: 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (zairimiiāuuaṇt, “with a permanent house”, adjective), 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬎𐬭𐬀 m (zairimiiaŋura, “tortoise; 'with toes in a house'”)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χερμάς, -άδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1626
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grumþu- ~ *grundu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki
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