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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/peysḱ-

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

Found only in West Indo-European languages, namely the Italic, Celtic and Germanic branches. Probably derived (as *peyt-sḱ-) from *peyt- (“to feed, to guard, to nourish”) (if not actually *pey-, from which *pey-tu- and *pey-sḱ- were derived) and thus cognate to Sanskrit पितु (pitu, “food”) (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pitúš (“food”)), Lithuanian piẽtūs (“lunch”), Proto-Slavic *piťa (“food”), Old Irish ith (“grain”) (from Proto-Celtic *ɸitu (“grain”)).[1]

Root

*peysḱ-

  1. fish
    Synonym: *dʰǵʰu- (eastern dialects, not including Albanian and Indo-Iranian)

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peysḱ-
  • *peysḱ-o-s
    • Proto-Celtic: *ɸēskos (see there for further descendants)
  • *pisḱ-o-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *fiskaz (see there for further descendants)
  • *pisḱ-i-s
    • Proto-Italic: *piskis
      • Latin: piscis (see there for further descendants)

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