Pokorny's dictionary : List with all references

Number: 1509

Root: peu-1, peu̯ǝ- : pū̆-

English meaning: to clean, sift

German meaning: `reinigen, läutern, sieben'

Derivatives: pū-ro-, pū̆-to- `rein'

Material: Ai. Trans. punā́ti, Med. pávatē `reinigt, läutert (sich)', pávitum; pavītár-, pṓtar- m. `Reiniger, Läuterer', pavítram `Läuterungsmittel, Seihe, Sieb'; pāvana- `reinigend', pāvaká- (auch pavāká-) `lauter' = mpers. pavāg, np. pāk `lauter, rein'; ai. pūtá- `rein', pū́ti- f. `Reinigung'; av. pūitika- `zur Läuterung dienend';

lat. pūrus `rein' (Bildung wie clā-ru-s), pūrgō, älter pūrigō, -āre `reinigen'; pŭtus `rein', nepus `non pūrus' (*nepūt-s); putāre `reinigen, putzen'; mir. ūr `neu, frisch, edel', cymr. ir `frisch, grün'; ahd. fowen, mhd. voewen `sieben, Getreide reinigen' (*fawjan = ai. paváyati `reinigt, läutert');

unsicher gr. πτύον, πτεόν `Wurfschaufel' (: ahd. fowen?).

References: WP. II 13, WH. II 390 f.

Pages: 827

PIE database: PIE database

Proto-IE: *pewǝ- (Gr pt-)

Meaning: to peel

Old Indian: pávate, punā́ti, inf., pávitum, ptc. pūtá- `to make clean, clear, cleanse, purify'; pavitár-, pavītár-, pótar-, potár- m. `purifier', pavítra- n. `means of purification, filter, strainer'; pāvana- `purifying', pāvaká- `pure, clear, bright'; pū́ti- f. `purity, purification'

Other Iranian: MPers pavāg, NPers pāk `lauter, rein'

Old Greek: ptǘo-n, jungatt. pteó-n n. `Worfschaufel'

Germanic: *fau-ja- vb.

Latin: pūrus, -a `rein; lauter; reinigend; unbefleckt; schlicht; ohne Vorbehalt'; pūrgāre (OLat pūrigāre) `reinigen, sühnen, abführen, entschädigen, ebnen, aufräumen'; putus, -a `rein', ut puta `zum Beispiel', nepus `nōn pūrus' Paul. Fest. 165; putāre `reinigen'

Russ. meaning: чистить, очищать от мякины

References: WP II 14

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