Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tánHtā

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.
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Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ténh₂-tr̥ ~ *(s)tn̥h₂-tén-s, from *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”) +‎ *-tr̥.

Noun

*tánHtā m

  1. thunder

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tánHtā
    • Sanskrit: *तनीता (*tánītā)
      • ⇒ Sanskrit: तनयित्नु (tanayitnú), स्तनयित्नु (stanayitnú) (rebuilt from iterative?[1])
  • Proto-Iranian: *tánHtā
    • Parthian: (/⁠tandur⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫤𐫗𐫅𐫇𐫡 (tndwr)[2]
    • Persian: تندر (tondar)
    • Sogdian: 𐼚𐼇𐼎𐼚𐼘 (twntr /⁠tundar⁠/)[3]

References

  1. ^ Kiparsky, Paul (2016), “The agent suffixes as a window into Vedic grammar*”, in Festschrift for Stephanie Jamison‎[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, page 15
  2. ^ Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 324
  3. ^ Gharib, B. (1995), “twntr”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 393

Further reading

  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “stan(i)”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 472-473
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