Reconstruction:Old Persian/Dātiyah

This Old Persian 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 Persian

Etymology

From 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (d-a-t /⁠dātaʰ⁠/, “given, created”) +‎ 𐎡𐎹 (i-y /⁠-yaʰ⁠/, adjectival suffix).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Dātiyah m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Δᾶτις (Dâtis)
→ Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒆪𒋾𒅀 (da-ti-ia /⁠Datiya⁠/)

References

^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.522. *Dātiya-/*Dātīš”, 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 172
^ Rüdiger Schmitt (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, pages 183-184

[1] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.522. *Dātiya-/*Dātīš”, 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 172

[2] Rüdiger Schmitt (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, pages 183-184

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