Reconstruction:Old Median/Taxmaspāδah

This Old Median 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.

Old Median

Etymology

Composed of *taxmah (“brave, valiant”) +‎ spāδah (army).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Taxmaspāδah m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Old Persian: 𐎫𐎧𐎶𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (t-x-m-s-p-a-d /⁠Taxmaspādaʰ⁠⁠/)
- → Akkadian:
  - Late Babylonian: 𒈭𒈠𒊍𒉺𒁕 (taḫ-ma-as-pa-da /⁠Taḫmaspada⁠/), 𒋫𒄩𒈠𒊍𒉺𒁕 (ta-ḫa-ma-as-pa-da /⁠Taḫamaspada⁠/)
- → Elamite:
  - Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋳𒈠𒀾𒁀𒁕 (tak-ma-áš-ba-da /⁠Takmašbada⁠/), 𒋳𒈠𒅖𒁀𒁕 (tak-ma-iš-ba-da /⁠Takmaišbada⁠/), 𒋳𒈦𒁀𒁕 (tak-maš-ba-da /⁠Takmašbada⁠/)

References

^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.26 Taxmaspāda- (Med.; T-x-m-s-p-a-d-: Taxma-spāda-)”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 20
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.55 Taxmaspāda- (Med.)”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 63

[1] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.2.26 Taxmaspāda- (Med.; T-x-m-s-p-a-d-: Taxma-spāda-)”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 20

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “2.2.55 Taxmaspāda- (Med.)”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 63

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