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

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-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

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