Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ǰāmáyati

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From earlier *gāmáyati, contaminated by *Háǰant, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gāmáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷom-éye-ti, from *gʷem- (“to go”) +‎ *-éyeti. Cognate with Sanskrit गमयति (gamayati).

Verb

*ǰāmáyati[1][2]

  1. to cause to come
  2. to cause to arrive, bring

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬘𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (jāmaiieiti, “to come”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (zʾmy, imp.), [script needed] (mʾzʾmy-, ipf.), [script needed] (mʾzʾdk, “to bring, present”, ppp.)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: 𐫋𐫀𐫖𐫏𐫅 (jʾmyd /⁠žāmēd⁠/, “to lead”)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: 𐫉𐫀𐫖𐫗𐫀𐫅 (zʾmnʾd /⁠žāmānd⁠/, “to lead”, 3sg.caus.subj.act.)
      • ⇒ Middle Persian: (“to send”)
        Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫀𐫖𐫏𐫗𐫏𐫆 (zʾmynyẖ /⁠zāmēnēh⁠/, 2sg.pres.), 𐫉𐫀𐫖𐫏𐫗𐫀𐫅 (z’myn’d /⁠zāmēnād⁠/, 3sg.subj.)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (zʾmynytn' /⁠zāmēnīdan⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*¹gam- : gm- : ga- : ǰam-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page *ǰāmai̯a-
  2. ^ Benzing, Johannes (1983) “z'my-”, in Chwaresmischer Wortindex, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, page 709: “*ǰāmaya-”

Further reading

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gam¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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