Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pántaHs

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (to pass). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *finþaną (whence English find).

Noun

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*pántaHs m

  1. path

Descendants

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  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pántaHs [1]
  • Proto-Iranian: *pántaHh
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬧‎𐬙𐬃 (paṇ‎tā̊)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (pandaka)
    • Ossetian: фӕндаг (fændag)
    • Old Persian: 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /⁠paθi⁠/)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (pnd /⁠pand⁠/, path; counsel, advice)
      • Parthian: [script needed] (pand, counsel), 𐫛𐫗𐫅𐫀𐫗 (pndʾn /⁠pandān⁠/, path)
    • >? Pashto: پونده (pūndaʿh, heel)
    • Proto-Germanic: *paþaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani:
    • Northern Nuristani:
    • Southern Nuristani:

References

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  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “pánthā-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University