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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/piHtú

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 *péyh₂tu ~ *pih₂téws (“something fattening, nourishing”).

Noun

*piHtú n

  1. fat, tallow
  2. nourishment, food

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *piHtú
    • Sanskrit: पितु m or n (pitu, “food, nourishment; juice, sap”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *piHtú
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬎 (pitu)
    • Proto-Scythian: *pidu (“flesh”)
      • Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *pya
        • Khotanese: [script needed] (pa̮), [script needed] (pya), [script needed] (pa)
      • Proto-Scythian: *fidɨ
        • Old Ossetic: *fit
          • Jassic: [Term?] (fit)
          • Ossetian:
            Digor Ossetian: фид (fid)
            Iron Ossetian: фыд (fyd)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠pīh⁠/, “fat, tallow”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫇𐫟 (pwx)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (piẖ) [Book Pahlavi needed] (TLBA)

Further reading
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) “pa̮”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 196
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