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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pántaHs

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

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

Noun

*pántaHs m

  1. path

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *pántaHs [1]
    • Sanskrit: पथिन् (páthin), पन्थाः (pánthāḥ, nom.sg.)
  • Iranian: *pántaHh
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬧‎𐬙𐬃‎ (paṇ‎tā̊)
    • 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”)
    • → Germanic: *paþaz (see there for further descendants)

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