- peu-2
- peu-2English meaning: to research, to understandDeutsche Übersetzung: “erforschen, begreifen, verständig sein”Material: Gk. νή-πιος (*νη-πF-ιος) and νη-πύ-τιος “unverständig, kindisch”, πινυτός ‘smart”, πινυμένην συνετήν Hes. (due to eines present *πι-νῡ-μι from *πυ-νῡμι); Lat. puto -are (putüre ) “to cleanse, clear; of trees, to lop. Transf. to clear up, settle, esp. of accounts; hence, to weigh up, ponder, reckon, estimate; to consider, believe, think”; O.C.S. is-py-tъ “perscrutatio”, pytajǫ, -ati ‘scrutüri, quaerere”. maybe Alb. (*peus) pyes “ask questions”, pyetje “question” : Gk. πύστις, πεῦσις f. “question”. Proto-Slavic form: pytati: O.C.S.: pytati “examine, scrutinize” [verb], Russian: pytát” “torture, torment, try for” [verb], Slovak: pytat” “ask” [verb], Polish: pytać “ask” [verb], Serbo- Croatian: pítati “ask” [verb], Slovene: pítati “ask” [verb], Other cognates: Lat. putüre “cut off branches, estimate, consider, think” [verb].Note: From Root bheudh-, nasal. bhu-n-dh- : “to be awake, aware” derived Root peu-1, peu̯ǝ- : pū̆ - : “to clean, sift” , Root peu-2 : “to research, to understand” (see above).References: WP. II 13 f.; different Schwyzer Gk. 1, 6962.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.