Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/peth₂-

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

• *pet-

Etymology

Existing in variations, *pet-, *peth₁-, *peth₂-.

Root

*peth₂-

1. to spread out
2. to fly (through the sense ‘spread one’s wings’)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂- (39 c, 0 e)

• *péth₂-e-ti (thematic root present)
• *pe-póth₂-e (stative)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *papā́ta
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *papā́ta
      • Sanskrit: पपात (papā́ta)
• *pí-pth₂-e-ti (reduplicated thematic present)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *píptō
    • Ancient Greek: πίπτω (píptō), πίσσω (píssō) — Aeolic
      • Greek: πέφτω (péfto)
• *pt-né-h₂-ti ~ *pt-n-h₂-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • Ancient Greek: πίτνημι (pítnēmi)
  • Proto-Italic: *patnō
    • Latin: pandō (see there for further descendants)
• *pot(h₂)-éye-ti
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pāt(H)áyati
    • Proto-Iranian: *pāt(H)áyati
      • Sanskrit: पातयति (pātáyati, “to cause to fly, throw, send; to cause to fall, fell; to spill, pour”)
• *péth₂-lom (“leaf”)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *pétalon
    • Ancient Greek: πέτᾰλον (pétalon) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *feþlą (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pátram
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pátram
      • Sanskrit: पत्र (pátra, “leaf”), पत्त्र (pattra) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *pátram
      • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (patar^əta, “winged”)
• *péth₂-r̥ (“feather, wing”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *peta
    • Albanian: pjetë
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ընթանամ (əntʻanam)
  • Proto-Celtic: *ɸanssā
    • Old Irish: éis
      • Irish: éis
  • Proto-Germanic: *faþmaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: πετάννῡμι (petánnūmi), πέτασος (pétasos), πέτηλος (pétēlos), ποταμός (potamós), πότμος (pótmos), πετηνός (petēnós), πτῶμα (ptôma), πτῆσις (ptêsis), πτῶσις (ptôsis), πτωτικός (ptōtikós), πτωτός (ptōtós), πτίλον (ptílon), πατάνη (patánē)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: pateō (see there for further descendants)
    • Latin: patera (see there for further descendants)
    • Latin: passus (“step”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Latin: impetus, praepes, perpetuus (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒? Latin: propitius (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Latin: petulans, petulcus (see there for further descendants)