Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰarmyám

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

Lubotsky proposes non-Indo-European (substrate) origin.

Otherwise compared to Ancient Greek χερμάς (khermás, “stone”), particularly in the meaning “large block of stone”, if this is not itself of substrate origin, but the semantic connection is weak.[1]

Noun

*ȷ́ʰarmyám n

permanent house, building

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰarmyám
- Sanskrit: हर्म्य (harmyá)
Proto-Iranian: *jarmyám
- Avestan: 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙‎ (zaⁱrimiiāuuaṇt, “with a permanent house”, adjective), 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬎𐬭𐬀‎ m (zaⁱrimiiaŋura, “tortoise; 'with toes in a house'”)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χερμάς, -άδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1626

Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χερμάς, -άδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1626