Pali pitar (33)
Davids and Stede’s Pali-English Dictionary says Pali word pitar means “father.” It is linguistically related to Vedic pitṛ, pitar; Greek πατήρ (patír); Latin pater, Jup-piter, Dies-piter = Greek *Ζε*Ζευς πατήρ (*Ze*Zefs patír); Gothic fadar = vater in German and father in English; and Old Irish athir. This pitar originates from the Tamil root appā through the transformation of appā > pitṛί > pitar. The following words, related to Pali pitar, also originate from Tamil appā.
In compounds, there are three bases: pitā, piti°, and pitu°. pitāputta, father and son. pitāputtā, fathers and sons, or parents and children. pitāmahā, grandfather. pitāmahāyuga, age of a grandfather (i.e., a generation of ancestors). petti-pitā-mahā, great-grandfathers, all kinds of ancestors. pitikicca, duty of a father. pitighāta, parricide. pitipakkha, father’s side. pitipitāmahā, fathers and grandfathers, ancestors. pitivadha, parricide. pituja, originating from the father. pitughātaka, parricide. pitunāma, fathers name. pitupitāmahā, ancestors. piturakkhita, guarded by a father. pitusantaka, father’s possession. pitarhadaya, father’s heart. pitika, one who has a father, having a father. sapitika, together with the father. matapitika, whose father was dead. dvepitika, with 2 fathers. pitucchā, father’s sister, aunt. pitucchā-dhītā, aunt’s daughter, i.e., (girl) cousin. pitucchā-putta, aunt’s son, i.e., (boy) cousin. mahant-pitā, grandfather. pettanika, one who lives on the fortune or power inherited from his father. pettāpiya, father’s brother, paternal uncle. pettika, paternal. mātāpettika, maternal and paternal. petteyya, father-loving, showing filial piety towards one’s father. petteyyatā, reverence towards one’s father. petyā, from the father’s side.