Reconstruction:Old Median/Spitamanaʰ

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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

Etymology

Composed of *spita (“abundant”) +‎ *manaʰ (“mind, mentality”).^[1]

Proper noun

*Spitamanaʰ m^[2]^[1]

a male given name

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Σπιταμένης (Spitaménēs)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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) “Σπιταμένης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 310a

[Tavernier-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) 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

[2] Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Σπιταμένης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 310a

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