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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hadʰamás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₁n̥dʰ-m̥mo-s, from *h₁endʰ- (“under, below”) +‎ *-m̥mos.

Adjective

*Hadʰamás [1][2]

  1. superlative degree of *Hadʰáras (“low”): lowest

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *Hadʰamás[2]
  • Iranian: *Hadamáh[2][1]
    • Ormuri: [script needed] (jēm)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “adhamá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*adah”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 80-81
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