Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hayā́mti

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hayā́mti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂e-yḗm-ti ~ *h₂e-yem-énti, from *yem- (“to take hold, restrain”). Cognate with Sanskrit अयमुर् (ayamur, “have stretched out”).

Verb

*Hayā́mti[1][2]

to hold, restrain
to take, seize

Related terms

*yaŝáti

Derived terms

*aHyā́mti (+ *aH- (“back”))
- Khotanese: [script needed] (ājum-, “to bring”)
- Sogdian: (“to end, finish”)
  Buddhist: [script needed] (ʾʾyʾmt)

*frayā́mti (+ *fra- (“toward, forward”))
- Chorasmian: [script needed] (šyʾm-), [script needed] (šyʾmy-, “to break, end the fasting”)
- Sogdian: (“to end, break the fasting”)
  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (fryʾmδʾkʾm, 2pl.fut.act.)

*Hapayā́mti (+ *Hapa- (“off, away, from”))
- Old Avestan: 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬁‎ (apaiiaṇtā, “to hold”, 3sg.aor.inj.med.)
- Chorasmian: [script needed] (byʾmy-, “to break a promise”)
- Sogdian: (“to heal”)
  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (pyʾmʾn, 1sg.pres.subj.)

*hamyā́mti (+ *ham- (“together, one”))
- Old Avestan: 𐬵𐬇𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬌‎ (hə̄miiaṇti, 3sg.aor.impv.act.)

*patiyā́mti (+ *pati- (“against, near, upon”))
- Khotanese: [script needed] (pīm-, “to bring”)
- Sogdian: (“to complete”)
  Buddhist: [script needed] (ptyʾm-)
  Sogdian: [script needed] (pttyyʾm, 3sg.impf.ind.)
  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (pṭyʾmṭ)

*upayā́mti (+ *upa- (“towards, near to, sub-”))
- Sogdian: (“rear, foster”)
  Christian: [script needed] (byʾm-, 3pl.impf.ind.)

*uzyā́mti (+ *uz- (“up, out, forth, arising”))
- Chorasmian: [script needed] (zʾmy-, “to spend”)
- Sogdian: (“to consume, spend”)
  Buddhist: [script needed] (zyʾʾmt)
  Christian: [script needed] (zyʾm-)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*i̭am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 211-212
Edelʹman, D. I. (2011), “*i̭am-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 68-78

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*i̭am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 211-212

[ESIJa-2] Edelʹman, D. I. (2011), “*i̭am-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 68-78