Etymology

From Sanskrit पद् ‎(pád), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, and from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (compare Persian پا ‎(pâ), Hittite pata, Latin pēs, pedis, Tocharian A pe, B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda ‎(“sole (foot)”), Russian под ‎(pod, “ground”), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός ‎(poús, podós), Armenian ոտն ‎(otn), English foot).