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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/páyHmā

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *páyHmā, from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂-mō ~ *pih₂-mén-s, from *peyh₂- (“to swell (with milk)”) +‎ *-mō.[1]

Noun

*páyHmā m

  1. milk
    Synonyms: *páyHah, *xšwiptah, *xšiHrám

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (paēman, “mother's milk”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (paṃna, “a food”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Mazanderani: [script needed] (*pam)
      • ⇒ Mazanderani: [script needed] (pambaxardan)
    • Parthian: (“cream, fat”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫏𐫖𐫀𐫅𐫃 (pymʾdg /⁠pēmādag⁠/)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (“milk”)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pym /⁠pēm⁠/)
  • →? Proto-Finno-Ugric: *pejmä (“milk”)
    • Proto-Finnic: *piimä (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)- pī̆- ,”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
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