Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HacwastaHnah

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HacwastaHnah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

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

Noun

*HacwastaHnah m

1. 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

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