Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/piθwáh

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pitwás, from Proto-Indo-European *pih₂tw-ó-s, from *péyh₂tu ~ *pih₂téws (“something fattening, nourishing”) + *-ós.

Noun

*piθwáh^[1]

food

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*piθwáh	*piθwā́(w)	*piθwā́h(ah)
vocative	*píθwa	*píθwā(w)	*píθwāh(ah)
accusative	*piθwám	*piθwā́(w)	*piθwā́nh
instrumental	*piθwáH	*piθwáybʰyā(m)	*piθwā́yš
ablative	*piθwā́t	*piθwáybʰyā(m)	*piθwáybʰyah
dative	*piθwā́y	*piθwáybʰyā(m)	*piθwáybʰyah
genitive	*piθwáhya	*piθwáyāh	*piθwā́naHam
locative	*piθwáy	*piθwáyaw	*piθwáyšu

Derived terms

*frapiθwáh
- Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬞𐬌𐬚𐬡𐬀 (frapiθβa)
- Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi script: [Term?] (/⁠frapih⁠/)
  - Persian: فربه (farbe)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬞𐬌𐬚𐬡𐬀 (piθβa)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (paiha)
Southeastern Iranian
- Sanglechi: [script needed] (pəδf), [script needed] (pəθf)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *piθwah
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pyhw' /⁠pih⁠/)
  - → Akkadian: [script needed] (pitpi)
  - → Aramaic: פתפ (“meal-ration”)

References

^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “paiha̮”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 250: “*piθṷa-”

[1] Bailey, H. W. (1979) “paiha̮”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 250: “*piθṷa-”

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