Old Median
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Etymology
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From Proto-Iranian *Hácwah , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos .
*aspah [1]
horse
Descendants
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Middle Median: *asp
Kermanic:
Farizandi, Gazi, Kafroni, Kesehi, Khunsari, Natanzi, Zefrehi: asm
Natanzi, Yazdi, Yarandi: asb
Nayini: äsp
Qohrudi, Vonishuni: asp
Soi: äs
Sivandi: usūr
Tatic:
Southern Tati: [Term?] ( asb )
Talysh: асп
Semnani: [script needed] ( äsp )
→ Akkadian:
→ Late Babylonian: 𒊍𒉺𒀪 ( as-pa-ʾ /aspaʾ/ )
→ Khinalug: спа ( spa )
→ Old Persian: 𐎠𐎿𐎱 ( a-s-p /aspa/ ) Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭥𐭮𐭩𐭠 ( SWSYA /asp/ ) Bakhtiari: [script needed] ( asp ) Classical Persian: اسپ ( asp ) Iranian Persian: اسپ ( äsp ) , اسب ( äsb ) Tajik: асп ( asp ) Tat: [script needed] ( æs ) Judeo-Tat: гӀэсб ( ḩəsb ) → Southwestern Fars:Masarami: [script needed] ( äsp ) , [script needed] ( äsb ) Samghani: [script needed] ( asp ) → Larestani: [script needed] ( 'asp ) → Southern Luri: [script needed] ( asp )
References
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^ Tavernier, Jan (2007 ) “*Aspa-”, 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 119 : “119 ”