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

1. path

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pántaHs
  • Sanskrit: पथिन् (páthin), पन्थाः (pánthāḥ, nom.sg.)
• Proto-Iranian: *pántaHh
  • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬧‎𐬙𐬃 (paṇ‎tā̊)
  • Ossetian: фӕндаг (fændag)
  • Old Persian: 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /⁠paθi⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (pnd /⁠pand⁠/, “path; counsel, advice”)
    • Parthian: [script needed] (pand, “counsel”), 𐫛𐫗𐫅𐫀𐫗 (pndʾn /⁠pandān⁠/, “path”)
  • Pashto: پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”)
  • → Proto-Germanic: *paþaz (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *pã́tā
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: pút

      Kativiri: pút

    • Prasuni: vútu, út
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Waigali: pũt