Atthi dinnaṃ, atthi yiṭṭhaṃ, atthi hutaṃ

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This extract is usually translated as:
"There is what is given and what is offered and what is sacrificed". (MN 117)

However, from the etymology below, the following translation seems more adequate:

"There is what is to be honored; there is what is to be respected (regarded as good); there is what is to be worshipped".
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Dinna
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Pali:
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Dinna - [Sk．dinna，pp．of dadāti]
- given，granted，presented etc.，in all meanings of dadāti q.v. - esp．of giving alms.

Sanskrit:
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dadāti found as inflected form:
{ pr. [3] ac. sg. 3 } of dā.

√ दा dā
- to give , bestow , grant , yield , impart , present , offer to RV.
- "to grant a boon" ŚBr. KātyŚr. MBh.

And/Or

दिन्न dinna prob. = diṇṇa ( q.v.)

दिण्ण diṇṇa a Prākṛit form for datta.

दत्त datta (√ de )
- protected
- honoured
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Yiṭṭha
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Pali:
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Yiṭṭha，[pp．of yajati; Vedic iṣṭa]
- having sacrificed.

Sanskrit:
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इष्ट iṣṭa (iṣṭá)
- reverenced, respected, regarded as good (Mn.)
- cherished (RV. ŚBr. KātyŚr. Mn.)

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Huta
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Pali:
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Huta，[pp．of juhati]
- sacrificed，worshipped，offered.

Sanskrit:
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हुत huta [pp. hu]
- sacrificed.
- to who is given an oblation.

√ हु hu
- worship or honour (acc.) with (RV.)
- to be honoured (with sacrifice) (GṛŚrS.)

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