Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/piHtú
Proto-Indo-Iranian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂tu ~ *pih₂téws (“something fattening, nourishing”).
Noun
edit*piHtú n
Descendants
edit- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *piHtú
- Sanskrit: पितु m or n (pitu, “food, nourishment; juice, sap”)
- Proto-Iranian: *piHtú
Further reading
edit- Bailey, H. W. (1979) “pa̮”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 196