Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : PVCV

Meaning : fart

Eurasiatic : *PVSV

Afroasiatic : Sem. *pšw- 'to fart'

Sino-Caucasian : *pVčV ( ~ -c̣-,-č̣-)

Austric : PAN *pisi 'fart'

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *PV[s]V

Meaning: fart

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *pezd-, *bezd-

Altaic: Turk. *osur- 'fart'

Uralic: *poske

Kartvelian: Megr. buzin- 'fart'

Dravidian: *pū[s]-

Comments: Correspondences somewhat unclear.

References: ND 1810 *ṗosV ~ *bosV 'to fart (without noise)'.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *pezd-, *bezd-

Meaning: discharge wind

Old Greek: bdéō, aor. bdésai̯ `fisten', bdólo-s `Gestank'

Slavic: *bьzdḗtī/pьzdḗtī, *bьzdjǭ/*pьzdjǭ

Baltic: *bezd-ē̂- (*bezd-a-) vb.

Germanic: *fīst-a-, *fist-ō- vb., *fīst-a- m., *fist-a- m.

Latin: pēdō, -ere, pepēdī, pēditum `furzen'; pōdex, -icis m. `der Hintere'

Russ. meaning: бздеть

References: WP II 68 f

Vasmer's dictionary :

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *bezd-ē̂- (*bezd-a-) vb.

Meaning: discharge wind

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: bezdḗti (bẽzda) `furzen, fisten', bìzda-s `Arsch', bìzdinti 'die Hände auf dem Arsch zusammenlegend einhergehen, mit Hervorstecktem Hinternherumgehen'

Lettish: bezdêt (-u, -ẽju) 'fisten'

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *fīstan-, *fistōn- vb., *fīsta-z, *fista-z

Meaning: discharge wind

IE etymology: IE etymology

Middle Dutch: veest, vijst; veesten, vijsten

Dutch: veest m., veesten

Middle Low German: vist; visten

Middle High German: vīsten st., visten wk. 'fisten'; vist, vīst st. m. 'fist, crepitus'

German: { fisten, Fist, dial. feist }

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1516

Root: pezd-

English meaning: to break wind

German meaning: `leise einen Wind streichen lassen'

General comments: (vgl. *perd- `laut furzen')

Material: Gr. βδέω `leise einen streichen lassen' aus *βzδέω (umgestellt aus *pezdō), wozu βδό-λος `Gestank' mit neugebildeter o-Stufe, und *βδε-λύ-ς `pēdens, verachtend' in Βδελυ-κλέων `Cleontī oppēdēns', sowie als Grundlage von βδελυρός `ekelhaft', βδελύσσομαι `verabscheue, empfinde Ekel', βδύλλω `verabscheue, fürchte', aber auch `βδέω'; lat. pēdō, -ere `furzen' (*pezdō), pōdex `der Hintere' (*pozd-ek-s), pēdis `Laus' (wegen des Demin. pēdiculus älter *pēdex);

    klr. pezdíty und tiefstufig (ursl. *bьzd-) bzd́íty, russ. bzdětь `leise einen streichen lassen', sloven. pezdë́ti, lit. bezdù, bezdė́ti, lett. bezdêt `leise einen streichen lassen', lit. bìzdas `podex', bìzdžius `Stänker'; balt. *bezdēti beruht auf *pzdēti neben *pezdēti; vielleicht handelt es sich auch um Kontamination mit der Wz. bhes- `blasen', oben S. 146.

References: WP. II 68 f., WH. II 272 ff., Trautmann 221;

See also: vgl. oben pes-1.

Pages: 829

PIE database: PIE database

Uralic etymology :

Number: 1521

Proto: *poske

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: fart, to fart

German meaning: Furz; furzen

Saam (Lapp): buos'kâ -sk- 'fart', puts̄k (Kld.), pŭŏ̯s̄k̀^A (Ko. P), buos'ko- -sk- (N) 'fart', pi̮ǝ̑^ts̄ka- (T), pu͕ǝts̄kα- (Kld.), pŭŏ'ts̄kα- (Ko. Not.), pŭŏ̯s̄k̀α- (P) ?

Mordovian: puska- (M) 'pedere' ?

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *pū[s]-

Meaning : to fart

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *pū[s]-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *pū[s]-

Meaning : to fart

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : pūcci

Malayalam meaning : a fart

Kannada : pūsu

Kannada meaning : to break wind

Tulu : pūpuni

Tulu meaning : to break wind

Tulu derivates : pūki a fart; (B-K) ūsu id.

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) pūmpu to fart

Number in DED : 4354

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pVčV ( ~ -c̣-,-č̣-)

Meaning: to fart

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *phĭt

Burushaski: *phiṣ

Basque: *pus-ka

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phĭt

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fart

Chinese: 屁 *phić fart, wind (in the stomach).

Kachin: phjet² wind (in the stomach).

Kiranti: *ʔpi(k)

Chinese characters :

Character: 屁

Modern (Beijing) reading: pì

Preclassic Old Chinese: phijs (~ -ts)

Classic Old Chinese: phić

Western Han Chinese: phjǝś

Eastern Han Chinese: phjǝś

Early Postclassic Chinese: phjiś

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phjìj

Late Postclassic Chinese: phjì

Middle Chinese: phjì

English meaning : fart, wind (in the stomach)

Russian meaning[s]: 1) газы (в кишечнике); испустить газы; 2) перен. брехня, вранье

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 44

Four-angle index: 6934

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 375

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 屁

MC description : 止開三去至滂

ZIHUI: 1445 0556

Beijing: phi 3

Jinan: phi 3

Xi'an: phi 3

Taiyuan: phi 3

Hankou: phei 3

Chengdu: phi 3

Yangzhou: phi 3

Suzhou: phi 31

Wenzhou: phei 31

Changsha: phi 31

Shuangfeng: phi 31

Nanchang: phi 2

Meixian: phi 3

Guangzhou: phei 31

Xiamen: phi 31

Chaozhou: phui 31

Fuzhou: phei 31

Shanghai: phi 3

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpi(k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fart

Kaling: pinä (piŋɔ) let wind, pin anus, 'pikmö stomach wind

Limbu: phepmā (phessu) to fart

Dumi: pīnɨ

Kulung: bema

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: phe:maʔ, -phe:s-/-phe:-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: (with 3sP agreement) fart, break wind

Comments: kɛbhe:swi:? Did you fart?; cf. phe:ʔmaʔ.

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: pi:nɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vi-1 pi:y/pi:

Meaning: fart

Nepali: pādnu.

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: bema

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi-3 [1: bes- 2: be-]

Meaning: fart

Nepali: pādnu.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *phiṣ

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: to fart

Yasin: phiṣ

Hunza: phiṣ

Nagar: phiṣ

Comments: Sh. piśík-

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *pus-ka

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fart

Bizkaian: uzkar, uzker

Gipuzkoan: puzkar

High Navarrese: puzka, puzkar, puzker

Low Navarrese: puzka, puzkar, uzkar

Lapurdian: puzka, puzker, uzker

Zuberoan: üzker

Roncalese: uzker, uzkar

Comments: Forms without initial p- influenced by *u=ski 'rear end, anus', or a blend? This is a widespread expressive root, with parallels in IE *pezd-, and other language families.

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