Reconstruction:Old Median/R̥štivaigah
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Old Median
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *r̥štiš (“spear, sword”), from Proto-Iranian *Hr̥štíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥štíš (whence ऋष्टि (ṛṣṭi)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥s-tí-s, from *h₁ers- (“to thrust”) + *-tis, + *vaigah (“onslaught, siege”), from Proto-Iranian *wáygah (whence Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀 (vaēγa)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáygah (“violent motion”) (whence Sanskrit वेग (véga)).[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒅖𒌅𒈨𒄖 (iš-tu-me-gu /Ištumegu/)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἀστυάγης (Astuágēs), Ἀστυΐγας (Astuḯgas)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*rštivaiga-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 208
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1443. *Ṛštivaiga-”, 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 291
- ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ἀστυάγης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47