puk̂-2

    puk̂-2

    English meaning: to enclose, put together

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “zusammendrängen, eng umschließen”

    Note: Root puk-̂ 2 : “to enclose, put together” derived from Root ku-, kus- (*kʷukʷh-) : “to kiss” common Celtic - Greek - Illyrian kʷ- > p- phonetic mutatIon.

    Material: Av. pusü- f. ‘stirnband”; Gk. ἄμ-πυξ m. ‘stirnband”, Adverb. πύκα “tight, firm, dense, sensible, wise, painstaking “, in compound πυκι- (πυκι-μήδης ‘sensible, wise”), out of it πυκι-νός newer πυκνός “dense, tight, firm, proficient”, πυκάζω “make tight, firm, wrap dense”; Alb. puth “kũsse”, lit. “umarme”.

    References: WP. II 82, J. B. Hofmann, Gk. etym. Wb. 290.