Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/peysḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Found only in West Indo-European languages, namely the Italic, Celtic and Germanic branches. Perhaps derived from *peh₂- (“to feed, to guard, to nourish”) and thus cognate to Proto-Slavic *piťa (“food”), Sanskrit पितु (pitu, “food”), Lithuanian piẽtūs (“lunch”), Old Irish ith (“corn”), Latin pānis (“bread”), English food and German Futter (“fodder”).[1]

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Root

*peysḱ-

fish

Derived terms

► <a href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*peys%E1%B8%B1-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *peysḱ-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *peysḱ-</a>

*peysḱ-o-s
- Celtic: *ɸēskos (see there for further descendants)
*pisḱ-o-s
- Germanic: *fiskaz (see there for further descendants)
*pisḱ-i-s
- Italic: *piskis
  - Latin: piscis (see there for further descendants)

Synonyms

*dʰǵʰu- (eastern dialects, not including Indo-Iranian)

Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. →ISBN.

[1] Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. →ISBN.