Where does “לסטיא” come from?

לסטיא (Aramaic) comes from Ancient Greek λῃστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

לסטיא (Aramaic): robber, bandit

Definitions

  1. robber, bandit

Ancestry of “לסטיא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλῃστήςrobber, bandit; pirate, buccaneer; revolutionary,...
2Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
3Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →