Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáHtram
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From *daH- (“to cut, mow”, root) + *tram (suffix denoting an instrument).
Noun
[edit]*dáHtram n [1]
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáHtram
- Sanskrit: दात्र (dā́tra) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *dáHθram
Further reading
[edit]- Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2012) “The Iranian Reflexes of Proto-Iranian *ns”, in Orientalia Suecana[2], volume 61, page 139
References
[edit]- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā́tra”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃-trom, from *deh₃- (“to give”).
Noun
[edit]*dáHtram n [1]
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáHtram
- Sanskrit: दात्र (dātrá, “gift”)
- Proto-Iranian: *dáHθram
- Avestan: 𐬛𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀 (dāθra, “gift, offering”)
- → Proto-Finnic: *takra (“piece of meat, bait”)[2]