Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pántaHs

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pántaHs

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (“to pass”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *finþaną (whence English find).

Noun

*pántaHs m

1. path

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *pántaHs [1]
  • Sanskrit: पथिन् (páthin), पन्थाः (pánthāḥ, nom.sg.)
• Iranian: *pántaHh
  • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬧‎𐬙𐬃‎ (paṇ‎tā̊)
  • Old Persian: 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /paθi/)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (pnd /pand/, “path; counsel, advice”)
    • Parthian: [script needed] (pand, “counsel”), 𐫛𐫗𐫅𐫀𐫗‎ (pndʾn /pandān/, “path”)
  • Pashto: پونده‎ (pūndaʿh, “heel”)
  • → Germanic: *paþaz (see there for further descendants)

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “pánthā-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University