- peu-1, peu̯ǝ- : pū̆ -
- peu-1, peu̯ǝ- : pū̆ -English meaning: to clean, siftDeutsche Übersetzung: “reinigen, läutern, sieben”Material: O.Ind. Trans. punǘ ti, Med. pávatē “purifies, cleans, läutert (sich)”, pávitum; pavītá r-, pṓ tar- m. “Reiniger, Läuterer”, pavítram “Läuterungsmittel, Seihe, Sieb”; püvana- “reinigend”, püvaká - (also pavüká -) “lauter” = M.Pers. pavüg, Pers. pük “lauter, pure”; O.Ind. pūtá - “pure”, pū́ ti- f. “ cleaning, purification “; Av. pūitika- “zur Läuterung dienend”; Lat. pūrus “pure” (formation as clü-ru-s), pūrgō , older pūrigō, -üre “clean”; pŭtus “pure”, nepus “non pūrus” (*nepūt-s); putüre “clean, putzen”; M.Ir. ūr “neu, fresh, edel”, Welsh ir “fresh, green”; O.H.G. fowen, M.H.G. voewen ‘sieben, corn, grain clean” (*fawjan = O.Ind. paváyati “purifies, cleans, läutert”); doubtful Gk. πτύον, πτεόν “Wurfschaufel” (: O.H.G. fowen?).References: WP. II 13, WH. II 390 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.