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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sHáytuš

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 *sh₂éy-tu-s ~ *sh₂i-téw-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”) +‎ *-tus.[1][2]

Noun

*sHáytuš m[2]

  1. bridge
  2. bond, fetter

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sHáytuṣ
    • Sanskrit: सेतु (sétu) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *hHáytuš[2][3]
    • Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎 (haētu)
    • Ossetian:
      Digor Ossetian: хед (xed)
      Iron Ossetian: хид (xid)
    • ⇒ Yagnobi: етк (yetk)
    • → Hungarian: híd

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sétu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 745
  2. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*haitu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 399–400
  3. Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 25: “*haitu-”
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