Reconstruction:Old Median/Spitāma

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 “with abundant force”, composed of *spita (abundant) +‎ *ama (strength, power).[1]

Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬁𐬨𐬀 (Spitāma).

Proper noun edit

*Spitāma m[2][1]

  1. a male given name

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 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
  2. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Spitāma”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 309b