Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/fáynakaH

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 *fáynah +‎ *-akaH.

Noun

*fáynakaH f[1][2][3]

  1. foam, froth

Inflection

aH-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *fáynakaH *fáynakay *fáynakāh
vocative *fáynakay *fáynakay *fáynakāh
accusative *fáynakām *fáynakay *fáynakāh
instrumental *fáynakaH, -ayaH *fáynakaHbʰyā(m) *fáynakaHbʰiš
ablative *fáynakayaHh *fáynakaHbʰyā(m) *fáynakaHbʰyah
dative *fáynakayaHi *fáynakaHbʰyā(m) *fáynakaHbʰyah
genitive *fáynakayaHh *fáynakayHāh *fáynakaHnaHam
locative *fáynakayaH *fáynakayHaw *fáynakaHhu

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian: *fīnakā
      • Proto-Sarmatian: *fīnka
        • Alanic: *finkæ
          • Ossetian: (foam, spume)
            Digor Ossetian: финкӕ (finkæ)
            Iron Ossetian: фынк (fynk)
    • Proto-Sogdic: *fēnaʾā, *fēmaʾā
      • Sogdian: 𐼾𐼷𐼺𐼰𐼸𐼳 (pymʾkh /⁠fēmā⁠/, foam, froth)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *fainakā
      • Old Persian: *fainakakah
        • Middle Persian: *fēnak

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 17:*fain(a)kā-
  2. 2.0 2.1 Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 464:*fain(a)kā-
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “phéna-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 204:*fain(a)kā-
  4. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*faina- : fina- / *(s)paimna- : (s)pimna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 44:*faina-ka-
  5. ^ Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[3], volume 123, number 1, →DOI, page 60:*fainaka-
  6. ^ Sadovski, Velizar (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 lexicon of Iranian, page 571:*fai̯mnakā-