Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pʰáynas

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 *(s)pHóy-(m)no-s,[1] likely rebuilt from an n-stem,[2] perhaps mn-stem *(s)péHi-mn̥ ~ *(s)pHi-mén-s,[3] from *(s)poH(y)- +‎ *-mn̥.

Noun

*pʰáynas m[4][5]

  1. foam, froth
  2. saliva, mucus

Inflection

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *pʰáynas *pʰáynā(w) *pʰáynās(as)
vocative *pʰáyna *pʰáynā(w) *pʰáynās(as)
accusative *pʰáynam *pʰáynā(w) *pʰáynāns
instrumental *pʰáynaH *pʰáynaybʰyā(m) *pʰáynāyš
ablative *pʰáynāt *pʰáynaybʰyā(m) *pʰáynaybʰyas
dative *pʰáynāy *pʰáynaybʰyā(m) *pʰáynaybʰyas
genitive *pʰáynasya *pʰáynayās *pʰáynānaHam
locative *pʰáynay *pʰáynayaw *pʰáynayšu

Alternative reconstructions

  • *pʰáyma ~ pʰáymans[6]

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pʰáynas
    • Sanskrit: फेन m or n (phéna, foam) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *fáynah (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kulikov, Leonid (2017) “Part 4 Chapter 2: Indo-Aryan”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 228:*pHoyno-
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1988) The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European[1], Brill, page 66:*(s)pHoi-no-
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “phéna-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 204:*(s)pHoi̯-n° (~ *-m° aus älterer *-men-Ableitung’?)
  4. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*faina- : fina- / *(s)paimna- : (s)pimna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 44:арийск. *p(h)aina-arijsk. *p(h)aina-
  5. ^ Palmér, Axel (2025) Indo-Slavic Lexical Isoglosses and the Prehistoric Dispersal of Indo-Iranian (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 26)‎[3], Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 205–206:PIIr. *pHai-na-
  6. ^ Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018) “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 571:PIIr. *phaiman-