Re: Pashto 'foot'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

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> Does anyone know the standard explanation (or any) for why Pashto ps.a \ px.a 'foot' contains s. ?
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Since there's also alt. in Khowàr pòng = foot ; KAmvíri pr.ó~ = foot of cow/horse < * p(r.)ANkÀ ; and in Nuristani there's opt. s. > r. (as in pir.í Sa; pr.ía = vagina Kv; < * piiz.-d.ó+ < * psixY-d.ó+ = swollen ) ; I'd say ps.a < * pYs.ed*+ < * pYis.ed*+ < * pYised*+ = impression / imprint > foot print / footstep (as in Skt pi:d.- = press ) .