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

    Inflection

    neuter u-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *piHtú *píHtwiH *piHtúH
    vocative *píHtu *píHtwiH *píHtuH
    accusative *piHtú *píHtwiH *piHtúH
    instrumental *piHtúH *piHtúbʰyā(m) *piHtúbʰiš
    ablative *piHtwás *piHtúbʰyā(m) *piHtúbʰyas
    dative *piHtáway *piHtúbʰyā(m) *piHtúbʰyas
    genitive *piHtwás *piHtuwā́s *piHtuHnáHam
    locative *piHtā́w *piHtuwáw *piHtúšu

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *piHtú
      • Sanskrit: पितु m or n (pitu, “food, nourishment; juice, sap”)
    • Proto-Iranian: *piHtú
      • Avestan: 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬎 (pitu)
      • Proto-Scythian: *pitu (“flesh”)
        • Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *piδa
          • Proto-Saka: *piya
            • Khotanese: [script needed] (pa̮), [script needed] (pya), [script needed] (pa)
        • Proto-Sarmatian: *fid
          • Alanic: *fid
            • Ossetian:
              Digor Ossetian: фид (fid)
              Iron Ossetian: фыд (fyd)
          • Jassic: [Term?] (fit)
      • 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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