Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/petkāō

Etymology
Traditionally derived from, a formation of + , analogous to  and. However, no allusions to the concept of feet are found in the Italic word's descendants, and secondary connotations of "to make a faux pas" are figuratively better explained with an Italic word for "walking" (such as ) than with *ped-, which does not denote "walking" in Italic.

Leumann, in contrast, derives the word from, from. This is semantically more tenable, though the addition of is rather odd.

Verb

 * 1) to sin

Descendants

 * (participle perfect)
 * (participle perfect)