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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pesd-
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
- Proto-Italic: *pezdō
- *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)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *p(e)sdeˀtei[3]
- *pésd-is
- Proto-Germanic: *festiz
- Middle High German: vist
- German: Fist (“fart”)
- Dutch: veest
- Middle High German: vist
- Proto-Hellenic: *pézdis
- Ancient Greek: πέζις (pézis, “puffball”)
- Proto-Germanic: *festiz
See also
- *(s)peys-
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
Further reading
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “fart”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 194
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “blow”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 72