pē(i)-

Also pē-, pī-. To hurt. Contracted from *peə₁(i)-; zero-grades *piə₁-, *pə₁-.

1. Suffixed (participial) form *pī-ont- (< *piə-ont-). fiend, from Old English fēond, fīond, enemy, devil, from Germanic *fījand-, hating, hostile.

2. Possibly *pē- in suffixed zero-grade form *pə-to-. passible, passion, passive, patient; compassion, from Latin patī, to suffer.

 

[Pokorny pē(i)- 792.]

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