Reconstruction talk:Old Persian/gāuš

gōšt⁠

 * I don't understand the formation of the derivative . Do you know what is Bailey's -šta  or -šti supposed to be? Vahag (talk) 11:29, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Never seen this alleged suffix before, . -- 02:47, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. As usual, the field has not progressed since Hübschmann's 19th century remark. Sad. Vahag (talk) 13:35, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Not surprising. I'm tempted to simply erase the *-s/šta- suffix hypothesis. Is there an Armenian borrowing, or you just randomly interested? -- 20:17, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * No, I saw this Tweet based on Wiktionary's derivation of the Persian word from Avestan and wanted to correct our embarassing etymology. Vahag (talk) 20:44, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I've not seen that theory anywhere but means both  and . --  21:27, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * They are referring to this bad etymology. Vahag (talk) 21:36, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Love the old "I was just copying it from another entry" excuse. User:Embryomystic seems to have originally back in 2016. --  04:35, 14 November 2023 (UTC)