Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/máHtā

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

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Etymology

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    From earlier *máHtār, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

    Noun

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    *máHtā f

    1. mother

    Descendants

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    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máHtā
    • Proto-Iranian: *máHtā
      • Central Iranian:
      • Northeastern Iranian:
        • Ossetian: мад (mad)
        • Sogdo-Bacterian:
          • Bactrian: μαδο (mado)
          • Proto-Sogdic:
            • Sogdian: [Term?] (/⁠māt⁠/)
              Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (mʾt)
              Sogdian script: [script needed] (mʾth)
              Syriac script: [Syriac needed] (mʾt), [Syriac needed] (mʾth)
      • Southeastern Iranian:
        • Pashto: مور (mor), مېر (mer)
        • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
          • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
            • Shughni: [script needed] (mad)
      • Northwestern Iranian:
        • Baluchi: مات (mát)
        • Kurdish:
          Northern Kurdish: mak, marî
          Central Kurdish: ماک (mak)
          Southern Kurdish: ماێەر (maÿer) (perhaps influenced by Median or Old Azari)
        • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
          • Caspian:
          • Old Median:
          • Parthian: [Term?] (/⁠māδ(ar)⁠/)
            Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (mʾd), [Manichaean needed] (mʾdr)
          • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
      • Southwestern Iranian:
        • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/)
          • Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠mād(ar)⁠/)
            Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭥 (mʾtʿ)
            Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (mʾd), [Manichaean needed] (mʾdr)