Reconstruction:Old Median/δāru

This Old Median 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.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun

*δāru[1]

  1. wood
  • *δāruwka

Descendants

  • Middle Median: *dār
    • Kermanic:
      Gazi: دار (dår)
    • Talysh:
      Arabic script: دو (do)
      Cyrillic script: до (do)
      Latin script: do

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Dāru-”, 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 552:552