Polish 'pieszy' and English 'foot': An analysis of a pair of cognates

Abstract

The research concentrates on investigating the etymological relationship between the Polish term pieszy ‘pedestrian, on foot’, and the English word foot, both tracing their origins back to a common Proto-IndoEuropean root *ped-. The objective of this study is to recognize and document the various morphological, phonological, and semantic changes that this shared ancestral word has experienced throughout its evolution. The study intends to prove that the Polish word pieszy and the English word foot represent cognates by demonstrating their shared elements and explaining changes that affected them.