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Reconstruction:Old Median/Satāspah

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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 *satam (hundred) +‎ *aspah (horse).[1][2]

Proper noun

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*Satāspah m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: Σατάσπης (Satáspēs)
    • Latin: Sataspēs
  • Elamite:

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*satāspa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 223
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1577. *Satāspa-”, 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 311