Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pátniH

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pótnih₂ (“wife”).

Noun edit

*pátniH f^[1]^[2]

mistress, wife

Derived terms edit

*sapátniH

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pátniH
- Sanskrit: पत्नी (pátnī, “mistress, wife”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *páθniH
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *dmaHnapaθniH (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1945: “*pátniH-”
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “Proto-Indo-Iranian: patniH-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1945: “*pátniH-”

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “Proto-Indo-Iranian: patniH-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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