Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sHáytuš

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 *sh₂éy-tu-s ~ *sh₂i-téw-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”) +‎ *-tus.[1][2]

Noun

*sHáytuš m[2]

bridge
bond, fetter

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *sHáytuṣ
- Sanskrit: सेतु (sétu) (see there for further descendants)
Iranian: *hHáytuš[2][3]
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎‎ (haētu)
- Ossetian:
  Digor: хед (xed)
  Iron: хид (xid)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) , “sétu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 745
Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) , “*haitu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 399-400
Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 25: “*haitu-”

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) , “sétu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 745

[ESIJa-2] Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) , “*haitu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 399-400

[3] Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 25: “*haitu-”