< Reconstruction:Old Median
Reconstruction:Old Median/áspəh
Old Median
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.
Noun
*áspəh[1]
- horse
Descendants
- Middle Median: *asp
- Kermanic:
- Farizandi, Gazi, Kafroni, Kesehi, Khunsari, Natanzi, Zefrehi: asm
- Natanzi, Yazdi, Yarandi: asb
- Nayini: äsp
- Qohrudi, Vonishuni: asp
- Soi: äs
- Sivandi: usūr
- Tatic:
- Southern Tati: [Term?] (asb)
- Talysh: асп
- Kermanic:
- Semnani: [script needed] (äsp)
- → Akkadian:
- → Late Babylonian: 𒊍𒉺𒀪 (as-pa-ʾ /aspaʾ/)
- → Khinalug: спа (spa)
- → Old Persian: 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /aspa/)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (SWSYA /asp/)
- Bakhtiari: [script needed] (asp)
- Classical Persian: اسپ (asp)
- Iranian Persian: اسپ (äsp), اسب (äsb)
- Tajik: асп (asp)
- Tat: [script needed] (æs)
- Judeo-Tat: гӀэсб (ḩəsb)
- → Southwestern Fars:
- Masarami: [script needed] (äsp), [script needed] (äsb)
- Samghani: [script needed] (asp)
- → Lari: [script needed] ('asp)
- → Southern Luri: [script needed] (asp)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (SWSYA /asp/)
References
- Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Aspa-”, 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 119