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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/manzdʰHrás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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]

  1. wise

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

References
  1. 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] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 378
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