Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péyh₂tu

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

From *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”) +‎ *-tu.

Noun

*péyh₂tu n^[1]^[2]

something fattening, nourishing

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*péyh₂tu
genitive	*pih₂téws
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*péyh₂tu	*péyh₂twih₁	*péyh₂tuh₂
vocative	*péyh₂tu	*péyh₂twih₁	*péyh₂tuh₂
accusative	*péyh₂tu	*péyh₂twih₁	*péyh₂tuh₂
genitive	*pih₂téws	*?	*pih₂téwoHom
ablative	*pih₂téws	*?	pih₂túmos, pih₂túbʰos
dative	*pih₂téwey	*?	pih₂túmos, pih₂túbʰos
locative	pih₂téw, pih₂téwi	*?	*pih₂túsu
instrumental	*pih₂túh₁	*?	pih₂túmis, pih₂túbʰis

Reconstruction notes

Laryngeal loss attributed to CHCC > CCC.

Derived terms

*péyh₂tw-o-s^[3]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *páytwas
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *páytwas
    - Sanskrit: पेत्व (petva, “ghee, clarified butter; nectar”)
  - Proto-Iranian: *páyθwah
    - Avestan: 𐬞𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬡𐬀 (pōiθβa, “fat”, adj.)

*péyh₂tw-eh₂
- >? Proto-Iranian: *páyθwaHkah
  - →? Proto-Tocharian: *päitwāk
    - Tocharian B: pittāk (“blister, swelling”)

*péyh₂tw-r̥ ~ *piH-tw-én-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *pítūron
  - Ancient Greek: πίτῡρον (pítūron, “chaff”)^[2]

*pih₂tw-ó-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pitwás
  - Proto-Iranian: *piθwáh (“fat, tallow; food”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *péiˀtu
- Lithuanian: piẽtūs pl (“dinner”)
- Proto-Slavic: *piťa (“food”) (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *pitati (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *ɸeitu^[4]
- Old Irish: íath (“land, territory”)
Proto-Celtic: *ɸitu (“grain”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *piHtú (“fat, tallow; food”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)- pī̆- ,”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 139
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faj(j)a-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124: “*peih₂-tuo-”
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fētu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)- pī̆- ,”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793

[Zair-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 139

[3] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faj(j)a-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124: “*peih₂-tuo-”

[4] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fētu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129

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