Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *speud-

Meaning: to press, to hurry

Armenian: ? phoit, gen. phuthoy `Eifer'

Old Greek: spéu̯dō, -omai̯, aor. spêu̯sai̯, pf. md. éspeu̯smai̯ `sich sputen, eile, streben, sich anstrengen', tr. `antreiben, beschleunigen, betreiben, nachstreben'; spou̯dǟ́ f. `Eile, Eifer, Mühe, Ernst, Wohlwollen'

Baltic: *spaûd- (-ja-) vb. tr., *spaûd-ī̂- vb., *spaud-ā̂ f., *spaud-mō̃ c., *spaũd-(s)t-a- n., *spūd-ā̂ f., *spū̂d-t-i (1?)

Russ. meaning: давить, торопить

References: WP II 659