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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | peuk- |
| DEFINITION: | Also peug-. To prick. Oldest forms *peu -, *peu -, becoming *peuk-, *peug- in centum languages. Zero-grade form *pug-. 1. Suffixed form *pug-no-. poniard, pugilism, pugil stick, pugnacious; impugn, oppugn, repugn, from Latin pugil, pugilist, and pugnus, fist, with denominative pugn re, to fight with the fist. 2. Nasalized zero-grade form *pu-n-g-. bung, pink2, poignant, point, pointillism, pontil, pounce1, pounce3, puncheon1, punctilio, punctual, punctuate, puncture, pungent; bontebok, compunction, expunge, spontoon, trapunto, from Latin pungere, to prick. 3. pygmaean, Pygmy, from Greek pugm , fist. (Pokorny peu- 828.) |
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