Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sHáytuš

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éy-tu-s ~ *sh₂i-téw-s, from *sh₂ey- (to bind, fetter) +‎ *-tus.[1][2]

Noun

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*sHáytuš m[2]

  1. bridge
  2. bond, fetter

Descendants

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  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sHáytuṣ
    • Sanskrit: सेतु (sétu) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *hHáytuš[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sétu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 745
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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-