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