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单词 Indo-European root: peiə-
释义
‌‌peiə-
To be fat, swell.
Derivatives include fat, pituitary, and Irish.
  1. Zero-grade form *pī‑ (contracted from *piə‑).
    1. Possibly suffixed form *pī-tu‑. pip5, pituitary, from Latin pītuīta, moisture exuded from trees, gum, phlegm.
    2. Possibly suffixed form *pī-nu‑. pine1, pineal, pinnace, piñon, Pinot; piña cloth, from Latin pīnus, pine tree (yielding a resin).
    3. Suffixed form *pī-won‑. propionic acid, from Greek pīōn, fat.
    4. Suffixed form *pī-wer‑, "fat, fertile."
      1. Erse, Irish, from Old English Īras, the Irish, from *Īwer-iū, the prehistoric Celtic name for Ireland;
      2. Pierian Spring, from Greek Pīeriā, a region ofMacedonia, from *Pīwer-iā‑.
  2. Extended o-grade form *poid‑. fat, from Old English fǣt(t), fat, from Germanic past participle *faitidaz, fattened, from derivative verb *faitjan, to fatten, from *faitaz, plump, fat.
[Pokorny pei̯(ə)‑ 793.]
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