Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hártʰam

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-tHo-, from *h₁er- (to arrive, get somewhere). Cognate with (, to reach, come towards) (but not () in the "move, shake" sense), Ancient Greek ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, to go, come), Albanian erdha (to have come, originated) (via a derivative *h₁erǵʰ- (to move)), and Hittite [script needed] (ār-, to come to, arrive at).[1][2]

Noun

[edit]

*Hártʰam n

  1. affair, occurrence
  2. object, thing
  3. purpose

Declension

[edit]
Thematic
singular
nominative *Hártʰam
genitive *Hártʰasya
singular dual plural
nominative *Hártʰam *Hártʰay(H) *HártʰaH
vocative *Hártʰam *Hártʰay(H) *HártʰaH
accusative *Hártʰam *Hártʰay(H) *HártʰaH
genitive *Hártʰasya *? *Hártʰām
ablative *Hártʰāt *? *Hártʰamas
dative *Hártʰāy *? *Hártʰamas
locative *Hártʰay *? *Hártʰayšu
instrumental *HártʰaH *? *Hártʰāš

Descendants

[edit]
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hártʰam
    • Sanskrit: अर्थ n or m (ártha) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hárθam

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 117
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 55