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]

  1. a foot soldier, infantryman
  2. a pedestrian

Inflection

masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *patˢtíš *patˢtíH *patˢtáyas
vocative *pátˢtay *pátˢtiH *pátˢtayas
accusative *patˢtím *patˢtíH *patˢtínš
instrumental *patˢtíH *patˢtíbʰyā(m) *patˢtíbʰiš
ablative *patˢtáyš *patˢtíbʰyā(m) *patˢtíbʰyas
dative *patˢtáyay *patˢtíbʰyā(m) *patˢtíbʰyas
genitive *patˢtáyš *patˢtiyā́s *patˢtiHnáHam
locative *patˢtā́y *patˢtiyáw *patˢtíšu

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

References

  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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