Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/patˢtíš
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