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@Leasnam, what's your source for the PIE root *bew-? I've been looking all over myself and can't find one. Thanks. --Victar (talk) 14:36, 20 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
- Right here ]. On the page, do a Find for "puk", will take you right to it Leasnam (talk) 22:17, 22 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks, Leasnam.
- 1. Pokorny, which is what is cited, only lists English poke and Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō) and βοή (boḗ) as descendants.
- 2. Proto-Germanic *pikkōną from Proto-Indo-European *bew- is hard to reconcile with PIE sound laws.
- 3. Old English pȳcan is only found in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, where it and Old English pȳtan (“to put”) have the same source, punctuated with a question mark. I'm guessing pȳcan simply a mistranscription of pȳtan, as we find no descendants or cognates for it.
- On those grounds, I think *bew- and pȳcan should be removed from the etymology. --Victar (talk) 03:46, 23 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
- What's the status on this discussion. I added *bew- to Proto-Germanic *pikkōną and it was reverted pretty quickly. @Leasnam:, @Victar: Djkcel (talk) 17:33, 22 April 2018 (UTC)Reply