Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/páyHas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

milk
Synonym: *kšiHrám

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *páyHas
- Sanskrit: पयस् (páyas)
  - Maithili: [script needed] (pai)
Iranian: *páyHah (see there for further descendants)
→ Finno-Ugric: *pejmä (possibly)
- Finnic: *piimä
  - Finnish: piimä
  - Estonian: piim
  - Votic: piimä