Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pesd-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Probably imitative.

Root

*pesd-[1][2]

to fart softly, pass gas, break wind
Synonym: *perd-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pesd-

*pésd-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Italic: *pezdō
  - Latin: pēdō
*psd-éh₁ye-ti (stative)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *p(e)sdeˀtei[3]
  - Latvian: bezdêt
  - Lithuanian: bezdė́ti
  - Proto-Slavic: *pьzděti
- Proto-Hellenic: *bzdḗyō[4]
  - Ancient Greek: βδέω (bdéō)
*pésd-is
- Proto-Germanic: *festiz
  - Middle High German: vist
    - German: Fist (“fart”)
  - Dutch: veest
- Proto-Hellenic: *pézdis
  - Ancient Greek: πέζις (pézis, “puffball”)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*pesd-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 477
Derksen, Rick (2015), “bezdėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βδέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 209