< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hadʰamás
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰ-m̥mo-s, from *h₁endʰ- (“under, below”) + *-m̥mos.
Adjective
*Hadʰamás[1][2]
- superlative degree of *Hadʰáras (“low”): lowest
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hadʰamás[2]
- Sanskrit: अधम (adhamá)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hadamáh[2][1]
- Ormuri: [script needed] (jēm)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “adhamá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*adah”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 80-81