Reconstruction:Old Median/Spitāma
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Old Median
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally “with abundant force”, composed of *spita (“abundant”) + *ama (“strength, power”).[1]
Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬁𐬨𐬀 (Spitāma).
Proper noun
[edit]- a male given name
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Σπιταμᾶς (Spitamâs)
- → Akkadian:
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1603. *Spitāma-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 314
- ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Spitāma”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 309b