Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/patˢtíš

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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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]

  1. a foot soldier, infantryman
  2. a pedestrian

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ STEFAN SCHAFFNER (2021) “Armenisch arkcay ‘König’, griechisch ἄρχω ‘beginne, herrsche’ und indoiranisch *ari̯á- ‘Herr; Arier’”, in STUDIES IN GENERAL AND HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS‎[1], Innsbruck, page 329
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