Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/stā́wti

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 *stḗw-ti, Narten present of *stew-.

Verb

*stā́wti[1]

to praise, laud

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stā́wti
- Sanskrit: स्तौति (stáuti)
Proto-Iranian: *stā́wti[2]
- Avestan:
  Old Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬎𐬨𐬍 (stāumī, 1sg.ind)
  
  Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬌 (staoti)
- Khotanese: stav-
- Middle Persian: stwtn' (/⁠stūdan⁠/), stʾdytn' (/⁠stāyīdan⁠/, “to praise”)[3]
  - Classical Persian: ستودن (sitūdan)
- Parthian: [script needed] (ʾst'w-)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “STAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757
Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*stau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 77

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[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “STAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*stau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

[3] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 77