Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sáwHmas

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *sówh₁-mo-s, from *sewh₁- (to pour out, rain, to press out, extract).

Noun[edit]

*sáwHmas m[1]

  1. soma, haoma

Declension[edit]

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sáwHmas *sáwHmā *sáwHmā, -ās(as)
vocative *sáwHma *sáwHmā *sáwHmā, -ās(as)
accusative *sáwHmam *sáwHmā *sáwHmāns
instrumental *sáwHmā *sáwHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *sáwHmāyš
ablative *sáwHmāt *sáwHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *sáwHmaybʰyas
dative *sáwHmāy *sáwHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *sáwHmaybʰyas
genitive *sáwHmasya *sáwHmayās *sáwHmāna(H)m
locative *sáwHmay *sáwHmayaw *sáwHmayšu

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sáwHmas
  • Proto-Iranian: *háwHmah (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “sóma-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University