Where does “пехотный” come from?
пехотный (Russian) comes from Russian пехо́та, from Proto-Slavic pěxota, from Proto-Indo-European pēd-, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
Ancestry of “пехотный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | пехо́та | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pěxota | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |