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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥dúš
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mléd-u-s ~ *ml̥d-éw-s[1], from *meld-. Cognate with Ancient Greek βλαδύς (bladús), Latin mollis, Proto-Germanic *mildijaz, Proto-Slavic *moldъ, Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk).
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *mr̥dúṣ
- Iranian: *mr̥dúš[2][1]
- Parachi: maṛȫ
- ⇒ Iranian: *Mr̥dúš[3][4] (personal name)
- Old Median: *Mr̥duš
- → Aramaic: מרדו (mrdw)
- Parthian:
- Inscriptional Parthian: [script needed] (mʾrd /mard/)
- Middle Persian:
- Inscriptional Pahlavi: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (mrdw /mard/)
- Old Median: *Mr̥duš
- ⇒ Iranian: *Mr̥dúniyah (personal name)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “mr̥dú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (1989) Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Mr̥du-”, 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, pages 253-254
- Hinz, Walther (1975), “*mrzuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 169
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “Mạrduniya- (M-r-du-u-n-i-y-)”, 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 19
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Mr̥dunika”, 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 254
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