Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-yās

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 *-yōs (elative suffix).[1][2]

Suffix

*-yās[3]

  1. comparative adjectival suffix.

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: -यस् (-yas), -ईयस् (-īyas) (< *-Hyas), with nom.sg.m. -यान् (-yān) / -ईयान् (-īyān)
  • Proto-Iranian: *-yāh
    • Avestan: -𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (-iiah)

References

  1. ^ Goto, Toshifumi (2013) Old Indo-Aryan Morphology and its Indo-Iranian Background (Veroffentlichungen zur Iranistik; 60)‎[1], Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 49-50
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 221
  3. ^ Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎[2], Brill, →ISBN, pages 64-65
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