Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hrámati

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 *h₁rém-e-ti, from *h₁rem- (“to rest”) +‎ *-eti (thematic present suffix).

Verb

*Hrámati[1]

to rest, relax

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hrámati
- Sanskrit: रमते (rámate)
  - Gujarati: રમવું (ramvũ, “to play”)
Proto-Iranian: *Hrámati
- Younger Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ramaⁱti)
- Khotanese: ram-
- Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶𐎴 (a-r-i-y-a-r-m-n /⁠ariyāramna-⁠/) (with 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y /⁠ariyā⁠/, “Aryan”))
  - Middle Persian:
    - Persian: آرامیدن (ârâmidan)[2]
    - Northern Luri: آرم (arem)
  - → Ancient Greek: Ἀριαράμνης (Ariarámnēs)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آرامیدن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آرامیدن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul