Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/patˢtíš
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Proto-Indo-Iranian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ped-tís (“pedestrian”), from *ped- (“to walk, to step”). Cognate with Lithuanian pėsčias (“on foot”).
Noun[edit]
*patˢtíš m[1]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pattíṣ
- Sanskrit: पत्ति (pattí, “infantryman”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *pastíš
Further reading[edit]
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “pattí-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University