Reconstruction:Old Median/spitah
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This Old Median 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. |
Old Median
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *cwitah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwaytˢt ~ *Háćwitan + *-tas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéyt-t ~ *ḱwit-ént, from *ḱweyt- (“to shine”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬀 (spita).
Adjective
*spitah
Further reading
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Spita-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 564: “564”
References
- ^ Janda, Michael (2004) Die Sprache Der Meder (dissertation) (in German), University of Zurich, page 39