Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/peḱ-

Root

 * 1) to pluck wool, hair

Derived terms

 * *péḱ-ti
 * Hellenic:
 * *peḱ-te-ti (perhaps by metathesis from <  or the same seen in )
 * Hellenic:
 * *poḱ-os-
 * *poḱ-o-
 * Hellenic:
 * *poḱ-ti-
 * *p(e)ḱ-tén-s
 * Hellenic:
 * Italic:
 * *poḱ-s-om
 * *poḱ-s-mn̥
 * Unsorted formations:
 * Balto-Slavic:
 * ,, iterative
 * *p(e)ḱ-tén-s
 * Hellenic:
 * Italic:
 * *poḱ-s-om
 * *poḱ-s-mn̥
 * Unsorted formations:
 * Balto-Slavic:
 * ,, iterative
 * *poḱ-s-om
 * *poḱ-s-mn̥
 * Unsorted formations:
 * Balto-Slavic:
 * ,, iterative
 * Unsorted formations:
 * Balto-Slavic:
 * ,, iterative

Root
Benviste (1969: 47-61) proposed that the primary meaning was "movable property, wealth", with a secondary meaning of "livestock" simply because this was how wealth was measured by the Proto-Indo-Europeans (and many descendant cultures). In corroboration, Kim McCone (1991:43-44) highlights wealth- and/or status-oriented terms such as Old Irish (am)bue, Homeric Greek -boios, and Sanskrit -guh.


 * 1) wealth
 * 2) livestock

Derived terms

 * *peḱ-u
 * *péḱ-os ~ *péḱ-es-os

Root

 * 1) joyful
 * 2) pretty

Derived terms

 * *peḱ-
 * *poḱ-éye-
 * (in )
 * Balto-Slavic:
 * Unsorted formations:
 * Celtic:
 * Middle Irish: perhaps
 * Germanic:
 * *poḱ-éye-
 * (in )
 * Balto-Slavic:
 * Unsorted formations:
 * Celtic:
 * Middle Irish: perhaps
 * Germanic:
 * Celtic:
 * Middle Irish: perhaps
 * Germanic: