Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pištás

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 1

    From Proto-Indo-European *pis-tó-s,[1] from *peys- (“to grind, crush”) +‎ *-tós.

    Adjective

    *pištás

    2. crushed, ground
    Descendants
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *piṣṭás
    • Proto-Iranian: *pištáh (see there for further descendants)

    Etymology 2

    Substantiation of the above.

    Noun

    *pištás

    2. flour, meal
    3. anything ground or crushed
    Descendants
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *piṣṭás
    • Proto-Iranian: *pištáh (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Nuristani: (“powder snow”)
      • Waigali:
        Zhonchigal: pištë
        Nisheigram: pista

    References

    1. ^ Cantera, Alberto (2017), “The phonology of Iranian”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, volume 1, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, VI. Iranian, page 10: “*pistó-”
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