Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/páyHas

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 *peyH- (“fat, milk”).

Noun

*páyHas n

1. milk

   Synonym: *kšiHrám

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *páyHas
  • Sanskrit: पयस् (páyas) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Sanskrit: पायस (pāyasa) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *páyHah (see there for further descendants)