qtti-^(di)

This lexeme is found in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).

[D.S.]

3sg. pret. ind. act.

qttide

TL 44d.7-8 (Xanthos)

The separation of qttideziti into qttide ziti is supported by the existence of the independent substantive zit(i)- ‘end (?)’. Moreover, the clause needs a predicate, for which qttide is the only candidate. Contra Schürr 2018b:79, who wishes to see the verbal form in ziti instead.

[D.S.]

The context in which qttide occurs is difficult to understand, because the meaning of several words of the clause is unclear. Shevoroshkin 2014a:251 compares it to Hitt. ḫuittiye/a-^(mi) ‘to pull, drag’, which is phonologically and morphologically adequate, translating qttide with ‘he dragged, removed (?)’ (phonologically outdated is his comparison with Hitt. ḫatt-^(mi) ‘to pierce’ in Shevoroshkin 1977a:135, cited in Neumann 2007a:308 and followed by Gehrisch 2018a:90). Unfortunately, the meaning of the probable direct object zawa (or alb(a)) is obscure, preventing us from verifying the semantics obtained from the etymological perspective. No meaning is offered by Melchert (DLL:127f.) or by Schürr 2018b:79.

[D.S.]

The form qttide could belong to an causative-iterative in -(e)i-^(di) or to a deradical formation in -i-^(di). For the latter class in Luwian and Lydian, see Sasseville 2021a:319-335.

[D.S.]

No reconstruction is offered due to the highly uncertain semantic assignment. Nevertheless, for a potential etymology, see under Meaning.

[D.S.]