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-

Root

*peth₂-

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

Derived terms

• *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)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: πίπτω (píptō)
• *péth₂-r̥ (“feather, wing”)
• *péth₂-lom (“leaf”)
  • Hellenic:
    • 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
    • Proto-Iranian: *pátram
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Celtic: *ɸanssā
    • Old Irish: éis
      • Irish: éis
  • Proto-Germanic: *faþmaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: πετάννῡμι (petánnūmi), πέτασος (pétasos), πίτνημι (pítnēmi), ποταμός (potamós), πτῶμα (ptôma), πτῶσις (ptôsis), πτωτικός (ptōtikós), πτωτός (ptōtós), πτίλον (ptílon)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: pandō, pateō, passus (“step”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *pъta
    • Proto-Slavic: *pъtica (see there for further descendants)