Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HacwastaHnah

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Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From *Hácwah (“horse”) +‎ *stáHnas (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-no-s, from *steh₂- (“to stand”) +‎ *-nos.

Noun

*HacwastaHnah m

horse stall

Descendants

Avestan: 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬋𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 m (aspōstāna)
Old Median: *aspastānah^[1]
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*aspastāna)
  - Middle Persian: [script needed] (aspestān)
    - → Old Armenian: ասպաստան (aspastan)
- → Aramaic: [script needed] (ʼspstn) (personal name)

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*aspastāna-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*aspastāna-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz

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