Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sáwHmas

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 *sówh₁-mo-s, from *sewh₁- (to pour out, rain, to press out, extract).

    Noun

    *sáwHmas m[1]

    1. soma, haoma

    Declension

    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *sáwHmas *sáwHmā(w) *sáwHmās(as)
    vocative *sáwHma *sáwHmā(w) *sáwHmās(as)
    accusative *sáwHmam *sáwHmā(w) *sáwHmāns
    instrumental *sáwHmaH *sáwHmaybʰyā(m) *sáwHmāyš
    ablative *sáwHmāt *sáwHmaybʰyā(m) *sáwHmaybʰyas
    dative *sáwHmāy *sáwHmaybʰyā(m) *sáwHmaybʰyas
    genitive *sáwHmasya *sáwHmayās *sáwHmānaHam
    locative *sáwHmay *sáwHmayaw *sáwHmayšu

    Derived terms

    • *sawHmyás
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sawHmyás
      • Proto-Iranian: *hawHmyás

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sáwHmas
    • Proto-Iranian: *háwHmah (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “sóma-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University