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Rudolf Wachter, the first element in the name (Perso- ?????- may well reflect a very rare term, attested in the Rig Veda (Sanskrit parsa-), and the Avesta, meaning "sheaf of corn" / "ear [of grain]". The second constituent, phatta, preserved in the form Persephatta ??????????, would in this view reflect Proto-Indo-European *-gwn-t-ih, from the root *gwhen- "to strike

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