Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/peyǵ-

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

Root

*peyǵ-[1]

inactive, reluctant

Derived terms

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Only Italic descendants are known with certainty.

*piǵ-éh₁-(ye)- (stative)
- Italic: *pigēō
  - Latin: pigeō (“to be annoyed, to be reluctant, to irk”)
*piǵ-rós
- Italic: *pigros
  - Latin: piger (“slow, lazy, inactive”)
*piǵ-wós
- Italic: *pigwos
  - Latin: piguus (“lazy”)
*poyǵ-no-
- Germanic: *faikną (see there for further descendants)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “piger, -gra, -grum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 464-465

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “piger, -gra, -grum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 464-465