Re: [tied] PIE root for "to fart"?

You forgot to add Latin pe:d-o: < *pezd- and Greek bd-eo: < *bzd- = /psd-/. There are two roots, *pesd- [pezd-] and *perd-. They are so similar to each other that there must be an element of onomatopoeia involved (lexicalised "pzzz..."/"prrr..." plus a common extension). In some branches (Slavic, Germanic) we find both of them, and it has been speculated that they referred to soft versus noisy farting, respectively.

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] PIE root for "to fart"?


> whish should be the PIE root for " to fart"?
> I try to see several cognates here:
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> english= fart
> german = Furz
> Old German= ferzan
> romanian = pârts
> sanskrit= pardate
> greek=perdesthai
> russian=perdet.
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> so far I know, there is no PIE root. Or is there one?
> If not, is possible from these examples here to reconstruct an PIE root?
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> regards
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> alex
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