Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/patˢtíš

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

Etymology

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

Noun

*patˢtíš m

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
  • Old Persian: 𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎡 (p-s-t-i /⁠pasti⁠/, “infantryman”)
  • Digor Ossetian: фестӕг (festæg, “pedestrian”)
  • Iron Ossetian: фистӕг (fistæg, “pedestrian”)

Further reading

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