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Reconstruction:Old Median/R̥štivaigah

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This Old Median 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.

Old Median

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Etymology

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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

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*R̥štivaigah m[3][1][2]

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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References

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  1. 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. 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
  3. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ἀστυάγης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47