Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déms pótis

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Noun

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PIE word
*pótis

*déms pótis m

1. master of the house

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• *wiḱpótis

Derived terms

• *déms pótnih₂
  • Proto-Hellenic: *déspoňňa
    • Ancient Greek: δέσποινᾰ (déspoina)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dáms-patniH
    • Proto-Iranian: *dáms-páθnīH (“lady; queen”)
      • Central Iranian:
        • Avestan: 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (dəmąnō.paθnī, “hous keeper; mistress”)
      • Northeastern Iranian:
        • Ossetian: бинойнаг (binojnag, “lady”) (*dáms-páθnīH-kah> *dbámspáynīka> *bemoβáynak > *benowáynak)
        • Sogdian: [Term?] (/⁠βāman, dβāmm(b)an⁠/, “lady; wife”) , [Term?] (/⁠(ə)dβāmban(u)⁠/, “queen; lady”)

          Manichaean script: 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫀𐫗 (δβʾmbʾn), 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫗𐫛𐫗 (δβʾnpn), 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫗 (δβʾmbn) }}

          Sogdian script: [script needed] (dbʾmn); [script needed] (δβʾmpnw), [script needed] (δβʾnpn)

          Syriac script: ܒܐܡܢ (bʾmn), ܕܒܐܡܢ (dbʾmn); ܥܕܒܐܢܦܘܚ (ʿδβʾnpnwh)

      • Northwestern Iranian:
        • Baluchi: بانگ (bánóg, “lady”)
        • Kurdish: [Term?] (“lady”) (Perhaps بانوو (bānū)/ banû (bānū) forms in Sorani and Kurmanji are from Persian)

          Central Kurdish: بانوو (bānū)

          Northern Kurdish: banî (bānī), banû (bānū)

        • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
          • Parthian: [Term?] (/⁠bānūg⁠/)

            Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭌𐭓𐭀𐭕𐭉 (MRATY)

      • Southwestern Iranian:
        • Old Persian: *𐎭𐎶𐎴𐎳𐎴𐎡 (*damanfánī), [script needed] (*damanfānūka)
          • Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠bāmbišn⁠/, “queen”), [Term?] (/⁠bānūg⁠/, “lady”) (cf: with Sogdian forms ܒܐܡܢ (bʾmn /⁠βāman⁠/), ܕܒܐܡܢ (dbʾmn /⁠dβāman⁠/) and ܥܕܒܐܢܦܘܚ (ʿδβʾnpnwh /⁠ədβāmbanu⁠/))

            Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnbšn), [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk')

            Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭲𐭠 (MLKTA), 𐭬𐭥𐭠𐭲𐭩 (MRATY)

            Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫀𐫗𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗 (bʾnbyšn) , [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg)

            Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮁𐮀𐮌𐮅𐮉𐮈 (bʾnwky)

            • Classical Persian: بانو (bānū, “lady”)

              Dari: بانو (bānū)

              Iranian Persian: بانو (bānū)

              Tajik: бонӯ (bonü)

          • → Persian: بانبشن (bānbešn, “title of queen (in Sasanid era)”)
          • → Sogdian: [script needed] (βāmbušt, pāmbušt, “queen”)

            Manichaean script: 𐫂𐫀𐫖𐫂𐫇𐫢𐫤 (βʾmβwšt), 𐫛𐫀𐫖𐫛𐫇𐫢𐫤 (pʾmpwšt)

            Syriac script: ܦܐܡܦܘܫܬ (pʾmpwšt)

          • → Parthian: 𐫁𐫀𐫗𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗 (bʾnbyšn /⁠bāmbišn⁠/, “queen”)
            • → Old Armenian: բամբիշն (bambišn)

Descendants

• Proto-Hellenic: *déspotis
  • Ancient Greek: δεσπότης (despótēs)
    • Greek: δεσπότης (despótis)
    • → Latin: despota
      • → English: despot
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dáms-patiš
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáms-patiṣ
    • Sanskrit: दम्पति (dám-pati)
  • Proto-Iranian: *dáms-pátiš
    • .
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*damanfáti, “master of the house”)
      • Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠mânbid, mânbed⁠/, “house lord”):

        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾnpt')

        Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (mʾnbyd)

        • Persian: مانبد (Mânbod, a common name for boys among Zoroastrians)