Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/θráhma

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 *trásma, from Proto-Indo-European *trés-mn̥, from *tres- (“to tremble (with fear)”) + *-mn̥.

Adjective

*θráhma[1]

terror

Descendants

Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: سام‎ (sām)
  Northern Kurdish: sav
  Southern Kurdish: سیەو‎ (syew), سیەم‎ (syem)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*çahman)[2]
  - Middle Persian: (/sahm/)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (shm)
    Manichaean: 𐫘𐫍𐫖‎ (shm)
    - Classical Persian: سهم‎ (sahm)
      - → Armenian: սահմ (sahm)
      - → Gurani: سام‎ (sām)

References

Nyberg, H. S. (1974), “sahm”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 172
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN

[1] Nyberg, H. S. (1974), “sahm”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 172

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN