Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćyaHmás

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

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁-mó-s (“black, dark”), vṛddhi-derivation[1] of *ḱih₃-mó-s, from *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness, shadow”).

Adjective

*ćyaHmás[2][3]

black
Synonyms: *ćyaHitás, *ćyaHwás

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *ćyaHmás
- Sanskrit: श्याम (śyāmá)
Iranian: *cyaHmáh
- Avestan: 𐬯𐬁𐬨𐬀‎ (sāma, “black”)

References

Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 105, 110
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “śyāmá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015) , “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion‎

[Zair-1] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 105, 110

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “śyāmá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[3] Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015) , “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion‎