Reconstruction:Old Median/Spitaka
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This Old Median 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. |
Old Median[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally “abundant”, composed of *spita (“abundant”) + *-ka (hypocoristic suffix).[1]
Proper noun[edit]
*Spitaka m[2]
- a male given name
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1602. *Spitaka-”, 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) “Σπιτάκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 309b