Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déms pótis

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Noun

PIE word
*pótis

*déms pótis m[1]

master of the house

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

*wiḱpótis

Derived terms

*déms pótnih₂
- Proto-Hellenic: *déspoňňa
  - Ancient Greek: δέσποινᾰ (déspoina)
    - Greek: δέσποινα (déspoina)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dáms-patniH
  - Proto-Iranian: *dáms-páθnīH (“lady; queen”)
    - Central Iranian:
      - Avestan: 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍‎ (dəmąnō.paθnī, “house keeper; mistress”)
    - Northeastern Iranian:
      - Ossetian: бинойнаг (binojnag, “lady”) (*dáms-páθnīH-kah> *dbámspáynīka> *bemoβáynak > *benowáynak)
      - Sogdian: [Term?] (/βāman, dβāmm(b)an/, “lady; wife”)[2] , [Term?] (/(ə)dβāmban(u)/, “queen; lady”) [3]
        Manichaean: 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫀𐫗‎ (δβʾmbʾn), 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫗𐫛𐫗‎ (δβʾnpn), 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫗‎ (δβʾmbn)
        Sogdian: [script needed] (dbʾmn); [script needed] (δβʾmpnw), [script needed] (δβʾnpn)
        Syriac: ܒܐܡܢ‎ (bʾmn), ܕܒܐܡܢ‎ (dbʾmn); ܥܕܒܐܢܦܘܚ‎ (ʿδβʾnpnwh)
    - Northwestern Iranian:
      - Baluchi: بانگ‎ (bánóg, “lady”)
      - Kurdish: (Perhaps بانوو‎ (banû)/ banû forms in Sorani and Kurmanji are from Persian)
        Central Kurdish: بانوو‎ (banû, “lady”)
        Northern Kurdish: banî, banû (“lady”)
      - Proto-Medo-Parthian:
        Parthian: (/bānūg/)
        Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭌𐭓𐭀𐭕𐭉‎ (MRATY)
        → Old Armenian: բանուկան (banukan)
    - Southwestern Iranian:
      - Old Persian: *damanfánī, *damanfānūka
        Middle Persian: [Term?] (/bāmbišn/, “queen”), [Term?] (/bānūg/, “lady”) (cf: with Sogdian forms ܒܐܡܢ‎ (bʾmn /βāman/), ܕܒܐܡܢ‎ (dbʾmn /dβāman/) and ܥܕܒܐܢܦܘܚ‎ (ʿδβʾnpnwh /ədβāmbanu/))
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnbšn), [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk')
        Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭲𐭠‎ (MLKTA), 𐭬𐭥𐭠𐭲𐭩‎ (MRATY)
        Manichaean: 𐫁𐫀𐫗𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗‎ (bʾnbyšn)[4], [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg)[5]
        Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮁𐮀𐮌𐮅𐮉𐮈‎
        Classical Persian: بانو‎ (bānū, “lady”)
        Dari: بانو‎ (bānū)
        Iranian Persian: بانو‎ (bānū)
        Tajik: бонӯ (bonü)
        → Persian: بانبشن‎ (bânbešn, “title of queen (in Sasanid era)”)[6]
        → Sogdian: [script needed] (βāmbušt, pāmbušt, “queen”)[7]
        Manichaean: 𐫂𐫀𐫖𐫂𐫇𐫢𐫤‎ (βʾmβwšt), 𐫛𐫀𐫖𐫛𐫇𐫢𐫤‎ (pʾmpwšt)
        Syriac: ܦܐܡܦܘܫܬ‎ (pʾmpwšt)
        → Parthian: 𐫁𐫀𐫗𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗‎ (bʾnbyšn /bāmbišn/, “queen”)[8]
        → Old Armenian: բամբիշն (bambišn)

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *déspotis
- Ancient Greek: δεσπότης (despótēs) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dáms-patiš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáms-patiṣ
  - Sanskrit: दम्पति (dám-pati) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *dámspátiš
  - Avestan: 𐬛𐬇𐬧𐬔 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬴‎ (də̄ṇg patōiṣ̌, “master of the house”).
  - Old Persian: *damanfáti (“master of the house”)
    - Middle Persian: [Term?] (/mânbid, mânbed/, “house lord”):
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾnpt')
      Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (mʾnbyd)
      - Persian: مانبد‎ (Mânbod, a common name for boys among Zoroastrians)

References

Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Gharib, B. (1995), “δβʾmbʾn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 203b
Gharib, B. (1995), “dbʾmn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 203b
Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “bʾnbyšn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “bʾnwg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
, "بانبشن" In Dehkhoda dictionay.
Gharib, B. (1995), “βʾmβwšt”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 163b
Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “bʾnbyšn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[2] Gharib, B. (1995), “δβʾmbʾn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 203b

[3] Gharib, B. (1995), “dbʾmn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 203b

[4] Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “bʾnbyšn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols

[5] Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “bʾnwg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols

[6] , "بانبشن" In Dehkhoda dictionay.

[7] Gharib, B. (1995), “βʾmβwšt”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 163b

[8] Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “bʾnbyšn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols