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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kʰumbʰás

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

Originally thought (by Pokorny and before[1]) to be from Proto-Indo-European *kumbʰo-, *kumbʰéh₂- (“vessel”), however roots containing both a voiced aspirate and a voiceless plosive have been found to be prohibited in PIE.[1][2][3]

Most likely a Wanderwort as evidenced by Proto-Celtic *kumbā, Proto-Germanic *kumbaz, Proto-Albanian *tˢumba (whence Albanian sumbull), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē), κύμβος (kúmbos), and perhaps Proto-Slavic *kǫbъ.[3]

Noun

*kʰumbʰas[4]

  1. pot

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kumbʰás
  • Proto-Iranian: *xumbáh
    • Avestan: 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba)
    • →? Old Armenian: խումբ (xumb)

References
  1. de Vaan, Michiel (1999) “The PIE root structure *Te(R)Dʰ-”, in Historische Sprachforschung, volume 112, page 11
  2. Fortson, Benjamin W., IV (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, pages 70-73
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 802
  4. Woodard, Roger D. (2008) The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas‎, page 208
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