Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yúHš

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 *yúHs.

Pronoun

*yúHš[1]

  1. you (plural)

Derived terms

  • *yuHžám[2] (with external sandhi)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    • Proto-Iranian: *yuHžám
      • Avestan:
        Old Avestan: 𐬫𐬏𐬲𐬇𐬨 (yūžə̄m)
        Younger Avestan: 𐬫𐬏𐬲𐬆𐬨 (yūžəm)
      • Northern Kurdish: hûn

Descendants

  • Proto-Iranian:
    • Old Avestan: 𐬫𐬏𐬱 (yūš, enclitic)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “yūyám”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 625
  2. ^ 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 389

Further reading

  • Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 138-139