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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pewǵ-

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

Probably not related to *pewḱ- (“pine”).[1]

Root

*pewǵ- [1][2][3][4]

  1. to punch, fist-fight
  2. to prick, poke, stab

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*pew%C7%B5-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *pewǵ-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *pewǵ-</a>
  • (possibly) *puǵ-eh₂yéti
    • Germanic: *fukkōną (“to strike, copulate”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *pu-né-ǵ-ti ~ *pu-n-ǵ-énti (nasal-infix present)[2]
  • *puǵ-i-h₃onh₂-
    • Italic: *pūgjō
  • *puǵ-l̥[1]
    • Italic: *pugil
      • Latin: pugil (“boxer, fist-fighter”)
  • *puǵ-méh₂
    • Hellenic: *pugmā́
      • Ancient Greek: πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist, fist-fight”)
  • *puǵ-nós[2]
  • *puǵ-s
    • Hellenic: *púks
      • Ancient Greek: πύξ (púx, “with fists, in a fist-fight”)
  • *puǵ-teh₂ts
    • Hellenic: *púktāts
      • Ancient Greek: πύκτης (púktēs, “boxer, fist-fighter”)
  • (possibly) *pu-n-ǵ-stis
    • Balto-Slavic:
    • Germanic: *funstiz (“fist”) (< *funkstiz) (see there for further descendants)

See also

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πυγμή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1254: “*puḱ, *puǵ- 'sting'”
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pungō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 499: “*pu-n(e)g/k-”
  3. “pugnacious” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers: “*peuĝ-, to punch”.
  4. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*peug- 'prick, poke'”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 377
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