Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰí

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 *ǵʰí.^[1]

Particle

*ȷ́ʰí^[2]^[3]

an emphatic particle

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰí
- Sanskrit: हि (hí)
  - → Awadhi: हि (hi)
  - ⇒ Hindustani:
    - Hindi: ही (hī)
    - Urdu: ہی (hī)
Proto-Iranian: *jí
- Avestan: 𐬰𐬍 (zī)
- >? Old Persian: [script needed] (-diy) (hapax, possibly to be interpreted as pronoun^[2])

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “hí”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 814
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 272
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “hí”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 226-227

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “hí”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 814

[LIPP-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 272

[3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “hí”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 226-227

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