From: altamix
Message: 29447
Date: 2004-01-12
> It is fully possible, although there are also NEC similar formsAlso, just as info:
> that cannot be ruled out a priori. It is a difficult case, and
> I'm still ruminating about this etymon.
> But I am not incline to consider /*p(e)it-/ as IE for "pea". Apart
> from Greek /pi:^sos/ (< /*pi:t-/ ?) and latin /pi:sum/ (from
> Greek), what IE connection can you find in other languages with
> this peculiar meaning?
>
> Sincerely
>
> Marco