Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/manzdʰHrás

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mens-dʰh₁-ró-s^[1], from *men- (“to think”) +‎ *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place”) +‎ *-rós.^[2]

Adjective

*manzdʰHrás f^[1]

wise

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mázdʰHras (perhaps influenced by *mazdʰáH^[1])
- Sanskrit: मेधिर (médhira)
Proto-Iranian: *manzd(H)ráh
- Old Avestan: *𐬨𐬄𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀 (*mązdra)
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬄𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀 (mązdra)
  - ⇒ Old Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬄𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬁 m (humązdrā, “well-attentive”, nom.pl.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “médhira”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “medhā́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 378

[IAIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “médhira”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “medhā́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 378

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