Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pántaHs

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (“to pass”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *finþaną (whence English find).

Noun

*pántaHs m

path

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pántaHs	*pántaHā(w)	*pántaHas
vocative	*pántaH	*pántaHā(w)	*pántaHas
accusative	*pántaHam	*pántaHā(w)	*patHás
instrumental	*patHáH	*patHbʰyā́(m)	*patHbʰíš
ablative	*patHás	*patHbʰyā́(m)	*patHbʰyáH
dative	*patHáy	*patHbʰyā́(m)	*patHbʰyáH
genitive	*patHás	*patHHā́s	*patHáHam
locative	*pántaHi	*patHHáw	*patHsú

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pántaHs ^[1]
- Sanskrit: पन्था (pánthā-), पन्थाः (pánthāḥ, nom.sg.)
Proto-Iranian: *pántaHh
- Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬧‎𐬙𐬃 (paṇ‎tā̊)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (pandaka)
- Ossetian: фӕндаг (fændag)
- Old Persian: 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /⁠paθi⁠/)
  - Middle Persian: [script needed] (pnd /⁠pand⁠/, “path; counsel, advice”)
    - Persian: پند (pand)
  - Parthian: [script needed] (pand, “counsel”), 𐫛𐫗𐫅𐫀𐫗 (pndʾn /⁠pandān⁠/, “path”)
- >? Pashto: پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”)
- → Proto-Germanic: *paþaz (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Ugric: *pəntä́^[2]
  - Eastern Khanty: пәнт (pənt), пӑнт (pănt, “way”)
- → Proto-Permic: *pǟ́ntä^[2]
  - Udmurt: пад (pad, “path”)
  - Komi-Zyrian: пад (pad, “path”)
Proto-Nuristani:
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: pút
    
    Kativiri: pút
  - Prasuni: vútu, út
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Waigali: pũt

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “pánthā-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Katz, Hartmut (2003) Studien zu den älteren indoiranischen Lehnwörtern in den uralischen Sprachen (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3. Reihe) (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, page 250

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

[Katz-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Katz, Hartmut (2003) Studien zu den älteren indoiranischen Lehnwörtern in den uralischen Sprachen (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3. Reihe) (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, page 250

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