Since puttee has an Anglo-Indian origin, I wondered what they used to call those puttee like things that European soldiers wore in the 17th and 18th centuries. I had to look it up: gaiters. (And with a side trip into spat from spatterdash.) I was also curious about the origin of the Sanskrit pat.t.i in the etymology. Turns out to be cognate with Greek pelte: 'small shield (of leather without a rim)' and Old Church Slavonic plat'no 'linen'. From the root *pel- 'to cover, veil, wrap; skin, hide, pelt, fur; cloth, fabric'.