Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/patˢtíš

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Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ped-tís (“pedestrian”), from *ped- (“to walk, to step”). Cognate with Lithuanian pėsčias (“on foot”).

Noun

*patˢtíš m[1]

  1. a foot soldier, infantryman
  2. a pedestrian

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pattíṣ
    • Sanskrit: पत्ति (pattí, “infantryman”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *pastíš

Further reading

  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “pattí-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

References

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