Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pratamás

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 *pro-tm̥mó-s,[1] from *pró (“forwards, before”) +‎ *-tm̥mós. Cognate with Latin primus, Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos).

Numeral

*pratamás

Proto-Indo-Iranian ordinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : *Háykas
    Ordinal : *pratamás
  1. first

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pratamás, *pratʰamás
  • Proto-Iranian: *fratamáh (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Cantera, Alberto (2017–2018), “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Iranian, page 491: “*protm̥mó- ‘first’”

Further reading

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007), “*fratama-, *fraϑama-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 58-60
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