π’π³πΌπ π¬π’
Old Persian
Etymology
From Akkadian πππππ£ (ΓDPurattu), itself from Sumerian πππππ£ (ΓDBuranun). Developed into *hUfrΔtuΕ‘ (literally βhaving good fordsβ) through folk etymology.[1]
Descendants
- β Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: ππ ππ π (ΓΊ-ip-ra-du-iΕ‘ /β UipraduiΕ‘β /)
- β Ancient Greek: Ξα½ΟΟΞ¬ΟΞ·Ο (EuphrΓ‘tΔs)
- Greek: ΞΟ ΟΟΞ¬ΟΞ·Ο (EffrΓ‘tis)
- β Latin: EuphrΔtΔs
References
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550β330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, βISBN, page 94
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