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Where does “*yām-” come from?
*yām- (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Yámas, from Proto-Indo-European *yém-o-s.
Ancestry of “*yām-”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Yámas
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2
Proto-Indo-European
*yém-o-s
—
Words derived from “*yām-”
pajamas
pyjamas
JAM
pyjama
logjam
jammers
jammer
jammy
windjammer
unjam
jampot
unjammed
pyjamaed
antijam
jamlike
jamminess
jambox
unjammable
jammable
jamless
جامه
yʾmk'
جامہ
जामौ
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