Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pewH-

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

    Alternative reconstructions

    Root

    *pewH-[2][3][4][5][6]

    1. to be clean, pure

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pewH- (20 c, 0 e)
    • *péwH-e-ti (thematic present)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *páwHati
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *páwHati
          • Sanskrit: पवते (pávate)
    • *pu-né-H-ti ~ *pu-n-H-énti (nasal-infix present)[5]
    • *powH-éye-ti (to purify, to clean, éye-causative)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pawHáyati
      • Proto-Germanic: *fawjaną (see there for further descendants)
    • *pḗwH-s-t ~ *péwH-s-n̥t (s-aorist)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HápāwHšt
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HápāwHṣṭ
          • Sanskrit: अपविष्ट (ápaviṣṭa), अपाविषुर् (ápāviṣur)
    • *pewH-ó-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pawHás
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pawHás
          • Sanskrit: पव (pavá)
    • *pewH-eno-s[7]
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pawHanas
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pawHanas
    • *puH-ró-s[6]
      • Proto-Celtic: *ɸūros (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic: *pūros[8]
        • Latin: pūrus (see there for further descendants)
    • *puH-tó-s[6]
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *puHtás
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *puHtás
          • Sanskrit: पूत (pūtá)
            • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀽𑀅 (pūa)
        • Proto-Finnic: *puhtas (clean)[7] (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic: *putos[9]
        • Latin: putus
          • Latin: putō (see there for further descendants)
    • *puH-yó-s (purifying)[10]
      • Proto-Italic: *pwījos (see there for further descendants)
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pawHākás
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pawHākás
          • Sanskrit: पावक (pāvaká) (metrically पवाक (pavāká))
        • Proto-Iranian: *pawHākáh
          • Khotanese: [script needed] (pā̮, pure)
          • Kurdish:
            Central Kurdish: پاک (pāk)
            Northern Kurdish: pak (pāk), paqij (pāqīž)
          • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
            • Caspian:
            • Old Median:
            • Zaza-Gorani:
            • Parthian: (/⁠pawāg⁠/, pure; holy)
              Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫇𐫀𐫃 (pwʾg)
              • Classical Persian: پاو (pāw, pure; clean)
          • Middle Persian: (/⁠pāk⁠/, pure; clean; free; holy)
            Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫐 (pʾk), 𐫛𐫀𐫞 (pʾq)
            Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pʾk'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (DKYA)
            • Persian: پاک (pâk) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pawara or *pūra
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pawara or *pūra [7]
          • Northwest Pashayi: pūr (bonfire)
          • Shumashti: [script needed] (pōr, burning embers)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *puHitíkas
        • Proto-Iranian: *puHitíkah
          • Avestan: 𐬞𐬏𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬐𐬀 (itika)
            • Middle Persian: (/⁠Pūidīg⁠/, Persian Gulf)
              Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwytyk')
          • Central Kurdish: پەتی (petî, pure)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “faujan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*peu̯H-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 480
    3. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “pavⁱ-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
    4. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2378
    5. 5.0 5.1 Michael Meier-Brügger, Matthias Fritz, Manfred Mayrhofer (2003) Indo-European Linguistics, Walter de Gruyter, page 170
    6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 120
    7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PAV1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 105
    8. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pūros”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500
    9. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “puto”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
    10. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 468