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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hártʰam

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 *h₁er-tHo-, from *h₁er- (“to arrive, get somewhere”). Cognate with ऋ (ṛ, “to reach, come towards”) (but not ऋ (ṛ) in the "move, shake" sense), Ancient Greek ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to go, come”), Albanian erdha (“to have come, originated”) (via a derivative *h₁erǵʰ- (“to move”)), and Hittite [script needed] (ār-, “to come to, arrive at”).[1][2]

Noun

*Hártʰam n

  1. affair, occurrence
  2. object, thing
  3. purpose

Declension

Thematic
singular
nominative *Hártʰam
genitive *Hártʰasya
singular dual plural
nominative *Hártʰam *Hártʰay(H) *HártʰaH
vocative *Hártʰam *Hártʰay(H) *HártʰaH
accusative *Hártʰam *Hártʰay(H) *HártʰaH
genitive *Hártʰasya *? *Hártʰām
ablative *Hártʰāt *? *Hártʰamas
dative *Hártʰāy *? *Hártʰamas
locative *Hártʰay *? *Hártʰayšu
instrumental *HártʰaH *? *Hártʰāš

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hártʰam
    • Sanskrit: अर्थ n or m (ártha) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hárθam
    • Avestan: 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬀 (arəθa)

References

  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 117
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 55
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