Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pinášti

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 *pi-né-s-ti ~ *pi-n-s-énti, from *peys- (“to grind”) +‎ *-né-, with PIE *s becoming *š by analogy.

Verb

*pinášti

  1. to grind, crush

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pináṣṭi
  • Proto-Iranian: *pinášti
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬌𐬱𐬀𐬧𐬙- (pišaṇt-, “crushing, bruising”, pres.part.) (with weak stem from *pīš- < *pinš-[1])

References

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “pei̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 466-467
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