Reconstruction:Old Median/aspah

This Old Median 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.

Old Median

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

*aspah^[1]

horse

Descendants

Middle Median: *asp
- Kermanic:
  - Farizandi, Gazi, Kafroni, Kesehi, Khunsari, Natanzi, Zefrehi: asm
  - Natanzi, Yazdi, Yarandi: asb
  - Nayini: äsp
  - Qohrudi, Vonishuni: asp
  - Soi: äs
- Sivandi: usūr
- Tatic:
  - Southern Tati: [Term?] (asb)
  - Talysh: асп
Semnani: [script needed] (äsp)
→ Akkadian:
→ Late Babylonian: 𒊍𒉺𒀪 (as-pa-ʾ /⁠aspaʾ⁠/)
→ Khinalug: спа (spa)
→ Old Persian: 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p /⁠aspaʰ⁠/)
- Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭥𐭮𐭩𐭠 (SWSYA /⁠asp⁠/)
  - Bakhtiari: [script needed] (asp)
  - Classical Persian: اسپ (asp)
    - Iranian Persian: اسپ (äsp), اسب (äsb)
    - Tajik: асп (asp)
    - Tat: [script needed] (æs)
    - Judeo-Tat: ⱨəsb
  - → Southwestern Fars:
    Masarami: [script needed] (äsp), [script needed] (äsb)
    Samghani: [script needed] (asp)
  - → Larestani: [script needed] ('asp)
  - → Southern Luri: [script needed] (asp)

References

^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Aspa-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 119: “119”

[1] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Aspa-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 119: “119”

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