Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tánHtā

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ténh₂-tr̥ ~ *(s)tn̥h₂-tén-s, from *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”) +‎ *-tr̥.

Noun

*tánHtā m^[1]

thunder

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tánHtā
- Sanskrit: *tánītā
  - ⇒ Sanskrit: तनयित्नु (tanayitnú), स्तनयित्नु (stanayitnú) (rebuilt from iterative?^[2])
Proto-Iranian: *tánHtā
- Parthian: (/⁠tandur⁠/)
  Manichaean script: 𐫤𐫗𐫅𐫇𐫡 (tndwr)
- Persian: تندر (tondar)
- Old Sogdian script: 𐼚𐼇𐼎𐼚𐼘 (twntr /⁠tundar⁠/)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “stan(ⁱ) {1}”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 472-473
^ Kiparsky, Paul (2016) “The agent suffixes as a window into Vedic grammar*”, in Festschrift for Stephanie Jamison‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, page 15

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “stan(ⁱ) {1}”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 472-473

[2] Kiparsky, Paul (2016) “The agent suffixes as a window into Vedic grammar*”, in Festschrift for Stephanie Jamison‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, page 15

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