Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/pištáh

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pištás (“flour, meal”).

Noun

*pištáh^[1]^[2]

flour, meal

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pištáh	*pištā́(w)	*pištā́h(ah)
vocative	*píšta	*píštā(w)	*píštāh(ah)
accusative	*pištám	*pištā́(w)	*pištā́nh
instrumental	*pištáH	*pištáybʰyā(m)	*pištā́yš
ablative	*pištā́t	*pištáybʰyā(m)	*pištáybʰyah
dative	*pištā́y	*pištáybʰyā(m)	*pištáybʰyah
genitive	*pištáhya	*pištáyāh	*pištā́naHam
locative	*pištáy	*pištáyaw	*pištáyšu

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Wakhi: pəst (“oatmeal”)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Parachi: پیشت (pīšt, “mulberry flour, oatmeal”)
- Proto-Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
  - Ishkashimi: پَت (pət, “roasted wheat flour and milk”)
  - Sanglechi: پت (put, “mulberry flour”)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *pišt
  - Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *puṣ̌ṭ
    - ⇒ Munji: تویپوشکی (tūipušky, “apple flour”)
    - Yidgha: پوشچ (pušč, “apple flour”)
  - Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *pix̌t
    - Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *pix̌t (“mulberry flour”)
      - Sarikoli: پاشت (pax̌t)
      - Shughni: пих̌т (pix̌t)
    - ⇒ Vanji: tutpust (“mulberry flour, oatmeal”)
    - ⇒ Yazghulami: минбах̌т (minbax̌t), мимбах̌т (mimbax̌t, “apple flour”)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pst' /⁠pist⁠/, “browned flour”)
  - Persian: پست (pest, “(browned) flour, meal”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pištás (“crushed, ground”).

Adjective

*pištáh

crushed, ground

Descendants

Southeastern Iranian:
- Yazghulami: пах̌т (pax̌t, “crushed”)

References

^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “pəst”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, page 280: “Др.-ир. *pišta- ― Dr.-ir. *pišta-”
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979), “ārgāveṃśtīñe”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press

[1] Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “pəst”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN, page 280: “Др.-ир. *pišta- ― Dr.-ir. *pišta-”

[2] Bailey, H. W. (1979), “ārgāveṃśtīñe”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press

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