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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HáHtmā

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath, spirit”), from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) +‎ *-mō. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ēþmô (“breath”), Proto-Tocharian *āñcäme (“wish, self, soul”).

Noun

*HáHtmā ~ *Htmáns m[1][2][N 1]

  1. breath
  2. soul, self

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HáHtmā ~ *Htmáns
  • Proto-Nuristani: *āmmána (“self”)
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: amú
        Kativiri: amú

Notes
  1. The declension looks to have been contaminated by the neuter men-stem.

References
  1. Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015) “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion‎, Prague: “*(H)áHtmān- ~ *(H)Htman- ‘breath’ > Ved. ātmā́n- ~ tmán- RV → ātmā́n- ~ ātmán”
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ātmán-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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