Reconstruction:Old Median/sparabarah
Old Median
editEtymology
editFrom *sparah (“shield”) + *barah (“bearing”).[1]
Noun
edit*sparabarah
- infantrymen equipped with shields
Descendants
edit- → Old Persian: *sparabarah
- → Ancient Greek: σπαραβάραι (sparabárai)
- → Latin: sparabarae
- → Ancient Greek: σπαραβάραι (sparabárai)
References
edit- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*sparabara-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 226