Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/daćamás

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/daćamás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Adjective

*daćamás[1]

1. tenth

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *daśamás
  • Sanskrit: दशम (daśamá, “tenth”) (see there for further descendants)
• Iranian: *dasamáh
  • Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬆𐬨𐬀‎ (dasəma)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (dʾhwm /dahom/)
    • Persian: دهم‎ (dahom)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (δsmy(k), “tenth”)

References

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