Reconstruction:Old Median/Masištah
(Redirected from Reconstruction:Old Median/Masistah)
Old Median
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *masistah. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫 (m-θ-i-š-t /Maθištaʰ/)
Adjective
[edit]*Masištah (/masištah/)[1]
- superlative degree of *masah (“great, big”): greatest, biggest
Descendants
[edit]- → Akkadian:
- Late Babylonian: 𒈠𒋛𒅖𒌈 (ma-si-iš-tu₄ /Masistu/)
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈦𒅆𒆜𒆪 (maš-ši-iš-da /Mašišda/)