σπάκα
Appearance
Old Median
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Iranian *cwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
Noun
[edit]σπάκα (spā́kəʰ)
- bitch (female dog)
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.110.1:
- […] οὔνομα δὲ τῇ γυναικὶ ἦν τῇ συνοίκεε Κυνὼ κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλήνων γλῶσσαν, κατὰ δὲ τὴν Μηδικὴν Σπακώ· τὴν γὰρ κύνα καλέουσι σπάκα Μῆδοι.
- […] oúnoma dè têi gunaikì ên têi sunoíkee Kunṑ katà tḕn Hellḗnōn glôssan, katà dè tḕn Mēdikḕn Spakṓ; tḕn gàr kúna kaléousi spáka Mêdoi.
- […] οὔνομα δὲ τῇ γυναικὶ ἦν τῇ συνοίκεε Κυνὼ κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλήνων γλῶσσαν, κατὰ δὲ τὴν Μηδικὴν Σπακώ· τὴν γὰρ κύνα καλέουσι σπάκα Μῆδοι.
Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Old Median terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Old Median terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Old Median terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Median terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Median terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Median terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Median lemmas
- Old Median nouns