Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tawtáH

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 *tewtéh₂.

Noun

*tawtáH f

  1. people, folk
  2. crowd, masses

Declension

aH-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tawtáH *tawtáy *tawtā́s
vocative *táwtay *táwtay *táwtās
accusative *tawtā́m *tawtáy *tawtā́s
instrumental *tawtáH, -ayaH *tawtáHbʰyā(m) *tawtáHbʰiš
ablative *tawtáyaHs *tawtáHbʰyā(m) *tawtáHbʰyas
dative *tawtáyaHi *tawtáHbʰyā(m) *tawtáHbʰyas
genitive *tawtáyaHs *tawtáyHās *tawtáHnaHam
locative *tawtáyaH *tawtáyHaw *tawtáHsu

Descendants

  • Proto-Iranian: *tawtáH
    • Northern Kurdish: tûde
    • Persian: توده (tôdē, heap, pile, mass; people, folk, masses)
    • Sogdian: (/⁠tūδē⁠/, heap; mass)
      Manichaean script: 𐫤𐫇𐫔𐫏𐫍 (twδyh)
      Sogdian script: 𐽂𐼴𐼹𐼰𐼸 (twδʾk)
      Syriac script: ܬܘܕܝ (twdy)