Reconstruction:Old Median/Masištah

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 *masištah. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫 (m-θ-i-š-t /⁠Maθištaʰ⁠⁠/)

Adjective

*Masištah (/masištah/)[1]

  1. superlative degree of *masah (“great, big”): greatest, biggest

Descendants

  • → Akkadian:
    • Late Babylonian: 𒈠𒋛𒅖𒌈 (ma-si-iš-tu₄ /⁠Masistu⁠/)
  • → Elamite:
    • Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈦𒅆𒆜𒆪 (maš-ši-iš-da /⁠Mašišda⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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 558
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