Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tawtáH

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 *tewtéh₂.

Noun

*tawtáH f

1. people, folk
2. crowd, masses

Declension

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tawtáH	*tawtáy	*tawtā́s
vocative	*tawtay	*tawtay	*tawtās
accusative	*tawtā́m	*tawtáy	*tawtā́s
instrumental	*tawtáH, -áyaH	*tawtáHbʰyā(m)	*tawtáHbʰiš
ablative	*tawtáyaHs	*tawtáHbʰyā(m)	*tawtáHbʰyas
dative	*tawtáyaHy	*tawtáHbʰyā(m)	*tawtáHbʰyas
genitive	*tawtáyaHs	*tawtáyHās	*tawtáHnaHam
locative	*tawtáyaH	*tawtáyHaw	*tawtáHsu

Descendants

• Proto-Iranian: *tawtáH
  • Northern Kurdish: tûde
  • Persian: توده (tôdē, “heap, pile, mass; people, folk, masses”)
  • Sogdian: (/⁠tūδē⁠/, “heap; mass”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫤𐫇𐫔𐫏𐫍 (twδyh)

    Sogdian script: 𐽂𐼴𐼹𐼰𐼸 (twδʾk)

    Syriac script: ܬܘܕܝ (twdy)