by Rick Mc Callister and Silvia Mc Callister-Castillo ©1999
paci "collected, quiet" [az96]
see Latin pacatus "peaceful" [az96]
paithunas family name [g/lb83 72, mc91: 101]
pakste, pecse "mane, Pêgasos" [az96]
pala "roundness, rotundity" [mp68: 55, 371]
toponym of Italy and the Alps [mp68: 55, 371]
"mountain slope" (pre-Celtic) [b/b 126]
Tyrrhenian origin?
see Latin palatum "palate" [mp68: 55, 371]
see Ligurian and Sardinian bal- [mp68: 55, 371]
see Etruscan & eastern Alps fal- [mp68: 55, 371]
pala "meadow" Ladin [jr 58]
of Rhaetian origin?
Palla, Palanius, Palinius
> mons palatinus (Roman hill) [lrp 57]
palmithe "Palamêdês" [az96]
"nervous, fright" [az96]
palpe cognomen [az96, [mc91: 99]
"drumming, speckling" [az96]
see Latin Balbus "stammerer" [az96, mc91: 99]
panalaS unknown [g/lb83 110]
paniathe "(piece) of cloth" [az96]
see Latin pannus "garment" [az96]
panza "fold" [az96]
see penta-sila [az96]
papa "grandfather, ancestor, forefather" [az96, g/lb83, pa, dep]
"uncle?" [am91]
papacs, papacS, papals, papals-er "grandson" [mc91, mp68]
< "nourished" [az96]
papals "of the grandfather, grandson" [g/lb83, pa]
see Latin pappus [az96, g/lb83]
see Latin pater "father" [dep]
see English father [dep]
see Sanskrit pitar "father" [dep]
see Armenian hayr "father" [dep]
see Old Irish athir "father" [dep]
see Greek pêter "father" [dep]
papa "one who strikes, beats, shakes" [az96]
papathi, papthiai (plural) "shaking, quaking" [az96]
paphane "beating" [az96]
papui "shaking, groping" [az96]
< *phMph-, *phph- [az96]
papasa name "pacifier, nourisher" [az96]
see Latined Pabasa, Pabassa, Papirius [az96: 25]
papna, papniu "dinner, food, pap" [az96]
see Latin pappa [az96]
papni family name [g/lb83 81]
< papa "grandfather" [g/lb83 81]
paprsina family name [mc91: 146]
par, parnix, parxis term dealing with social or administrative conditions [mp68]
"attribute of a magistracy, with equal rights, peer" [dep, pa]
see magistracies zilc parxis, zilath parxis [mp68]
see Latin par, paris "equal, suitable" [pa, mp68]
par "by, for" [az96]
see Latin per "by, for" [az96]
par "separately" [az96]
parci "federation" [az96]
< *perk- "to tighten" [az96]
parla "type of drinking vessel" [mp68, pa, dep]
see patna, parliu [mp68]
see Latin patera "saucer, shallow dish", patella "dish, plate" [mp68]
parliu, Parilia, Palilia "ancient Latin festival" [az96: 392]
parnix "boy?" [az96]
parti-nipe, partha-napaes "inclinato a distruggere" [az96]
partunu, partunus male family name [g/lb83 16, 85: 145, mc91: 127, gm97]
patacs "(which) pacifies, nourishes" [az96]
patna "type of drinking vessel" [g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
see Greek patáne [g/lb83, mp68]
see Latin patera "saucer, shallow dish", patella "dish, plate" [g/lb83, mp68]
patna, patu "one who raggiunge, colpisce" [az96]
patrucle "Patroclus" [g/lb83]
pava "Tages" [az96]
"boy, young man" [am91]
pavina "blow, attainment" [az96]
paxa "Bacchus, Dionysus" [g/lb83]
paxana "Bacchic" [am91, g/lb83 81, pa]
"paganal, rustic, (song)" [az96]
paxanati "rustic" [az96]
paxathur, paxathuras "Bacchante, maenad, of the rustics" [am91, az96, g/lb83, mp68]
paxie "Bacchic"; family name [g/lb83 81, pa, mc91: 143]
pacusnasie, pacusnaSie, pacuSnasie "Bacchic, Dionysiac" [g/lb83]
"fixation, determination" [az96]
see Latin paganalis "paganale" [az96]
see Latin paganorum, pagorum "rustic, of the pagans, from the countryside" [az96, g/lb83, mp68]
paziathe family name [g/lb83 88]
pazu"kneader, dough, pasta?" [az96]
< *pasta [az96]
see Romance pasta "dough" [rmcc]
pecse "Pegasus" [g/lb83]
peisna "emollient" [az96]
peithia, peithnai "languid, peering in, glancing" [az96]
see Latin paeta "with a slight cast in the eye" [az96]
pelearas ""Disgrace-Bringer?" [az96]
peleis, pelis "Pêleús" [az96]
"bad (cattivo)?" [az96]
pelias "Pelías, commando, destroyer?" [az96]
peltrum Latin [bm 24-25]
of Rhaetian origin?
pemphetru "temptor" [az96]
pen "vistim" < "stricken" [az96]
penezs "in possession?" [az96]
pentasila, pantasila "Penthesíleia" [az96]
"(who) falls unconcious" [az96]
penthe "incline, accondiscendente" [az96]
penthuna, penthna "cippus, stone" [g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
"to compensate, pay, expiate" [az96]
penzna "expanse, exposition" [az96]
pepna "cooking" [az96]
see Oscan popina "kitchen"
percena, percna "closely bound, allied" [az96]
peris "passage, footbridge" [az96]
Perperna Latin name of Etruscan origin [lrp 57]
perpri "examining" [az96]
perpru "examiner" [az96]
< *bhRb- < *gwRgw- [az96]
see Latin probandus "examining" [az96]
see Latin probator "examiner" [az96]
perse, pherse "Perseús" [g/lb83, mc91: 48, g/lb83]
"horrid, bristling" [az96]
< *khwer- [az96]
persie "wand, cane, small stick" [az96]
"poker" [am91]
see Latin persillum [az96]
persna "Perugia (town)"
see Latin Perusia [djh 14, g/lb83 16]
pesna male name [g/lb85: 161]
pesna, pestu "batterer, striker" [az96]
peteci, petic-, petinate, petnace "sought, seeking" [az96]
< *pet- [az96]
see Latin petax, petens "sought, seeking" [az96]
pethna "one who falls, picks up" [az96]
pethun, pethn "Chance (god)" [az96]
petna "chance, event" [az96]
petr- "stone, stony" [az96]
see Greek, Latin petra "stone" [az96]
of non Indo-European origin [cw]
petruni family name [g/lb83: 83, mp68: 371]
see Latin Petronia, Petronius [g/lb83: 83, mp68: 371]
pevax "impulsor, one who beats, stimulates" [az96]
pi, -pi, pul "at, in, for, by, through, with" [g/lb83, mcv 9 Feb 99, mp68]
see epl [mp68]
< *-bhi [az96]
piana "one who sacrifices" [az96]
picas, picas-ri "to offer, sacrifice" [az96, mp68]
see acas [mp68]
pius, "dutiful, devoted, pious" Italic [cw 51, rc 197]
of Etruscan origin?
see Latin piare "to sacrifice, expiate" [az96]
see Latin piator "sacrificer, expiator" [az96]
pila "pillar" [rc 196]
Latin of Etruscan origin?
pinies family name [gm97]
piprtu "one who beats, strikes" [az96]
pisisce "triturator, mince" [az96]
pithe, pethe family name [mc91: 95]
pithe, pitai, pitamn- "rich, solid" [az96]
Piso Latin name of Etruscan origin [lrp 57]
pitiave preterite verb form [az 19 Jul 99]
plancure "beating" [az96]
see Latin plangere "to beat" [az96]
plaute, plute family name [az96: 23, g/lb83 26]
"implorer, prayer" [az96: 23]
pluti "prayer, request"
plavi "crying, praying" [az96]
< *plauti [az96]
see Latin Plautus "flat-footed" [g/lb83 58; de Simone cit. az96: 23]
see Latin fleo, flevi, plôro [az96]
plikaSnas male name [g/lb83 28]
plumbum "lead" Latin via Etruscan[cw 52, lrp 57, rc 199]
see Greek molubdos, mólibdos, mólibos "lead, heavy" [cw 52, lrp 57, rc 199]
of Tyrrhenian origin?
pômum, "apple" Latin [cw 52]
of Etruscan origin?
poples Latin from Etruscan [mp68: 369]
populus, "people" [bm 24, cw 52, rc 200]
Latin noun of Etruscan origin [bm 24, cw 52, rc 200]
Porsenna, Porsina family name [lrp 57]
prastna family name [g/lb85: 159]
preale male spectator at borth of Minerva [g/lb83]
"brilliant"
< *bregh, *breg, *brig [az96]
precu "brilliant, vibrant" [az96]
presente, presnte, preSnts male name, cognomen (male) [g/lb83 26/59, mc91: 130]
see Latin Praesentia, Praesens, praesentes, praesentis "ready, present, resolute" [g/lb83 26/59, mc91: 130]
prezu cognomen [g/lb85: 122, mc91: 101]
pricesa "moved, aigitated" [az96]
pritha "blade, saw?" [az96]
priumne "brilliant, sparkling, glittering, Príamos" [az96]
prumathe "Promêtheús" [g/lb83 67]
prumath, prumts, prumath-S, prumste "great-grandson" [am91, g/lb83 89, mp68, pa, dep]
probably a compound, pru-mat- [dep]
see Latin prônepôs "great-grandson" [g/lb83 89, mp68]
see Doric Promâtheús [mc91: 44]
see Breton map "son" [dep]
see Irish mac "son" [dep]
see Gothic magus "boy" [dep]
prute cognomen [az96, mc91]
"bush, stump, log" > "fool?" [az96]
see Latin Brutus "stocky" [mc91: 99]
see Latin frutex "shrub, bush" [az96]
pruthseri "to sprout, grow" [az96]
prux, pruxum, prux-S, pruxs "jug" [g/lb83, mcv, gzb]
pruxum "pitcher, ewer" [dep, pa]
see variant prucuna [mp68]
see Greek próxous, prókhûs type of vessel [g/lb83, mcv, pa, dep]
see Greek prókhûs, [pa, dep]
see Latin broccus, brocca [pa]
pSl "to find, stumble upon?" [az96]
see ipa [am91]
pûbês "pubic hair" Latin [cw 53, rc 201]
"adult, grown-up" [cw 53, rc 201]
see Latin pûber, pûbûs "adult" [cw 53, rc 201]
of Etruscan origin?
puce, pucna "pugnacious, fight, fighter, boxer" [az96]
see Latin pugilus "boxer" [az96]
pufa "to cook" > "to decompose, make rot" [az96]
pui, puia, pulia, puiian, pui-l "woman, wife" [az96, cb, EB XXII:801, g/lb83, mc91, v, pa, dep, gm97]
see Nostr. *Poj/`/V "young" [ag 79]
puil "spouse" [az96]
see Greek òpuíô, opuien "to take as wife" [mc91: 83, dep]
puia ame "spouse (coniux)" [az96]
puina, pvinei ¿? [g/lb85: 89]
pul, epl "until" [g/lb83 87]
pul "at, through" [dep]
see Latin per "through" [dep]
see Sanskrit pari [dep]
see Avestan pairi [dep]
see Greek peri [dep]
see Breton er [dep]
see Lithuanian per [dep]
see Gothic fair- [dep]
pul "beautiful" [az96]
base of pulum? [az96]
pulpai, pulpa "shining, splendid" [az96]
pultuce, pultuxe "Pollux, Poludeúkês" [g/lb83, mc91: 45]
"light-bearing, Lucifer (morning star)" [az96]
pulum "shining, splendid" [az96]
pulumxva "stars, star-count" [g/lb83, ib 90, mcv 8 Nov 96, mp 68/75, pa, dep]
(that which) shines, firmament" [az96]
see pulcher "beautiful" Latin of Etruscan origin [az96. EB XXII:647]
see Latin splendor [rmcc]
pul, pulum "then, and then" [am91]
pulenas family name [g/lb83 70]
pulfna "support, (which) sustains, frame, scaffold" [az96]
< *bhLghw- [az96]
pulthisph youth present at embrace of Turan and Adonis [g/lb83]
pultu "struck, beaten" [az96]
puluctre "(which) articulates" [az96]
pulunza "little door" [am91]
see Greek pulôn [am91]
pumpli family name [mc91: 139]
pumpna < pumpuna family name [mc91:96]
pumpu male name [mc91:96]
pumpu family name [g/lb83 16]
male name [mc91: 91]
"guide, companion" [az96]
punicum port of Caere [mp68: 180]
pupai-, pupara "child, eye?" [az96]
pupie "occular" [az96]
see Latin pupilla "orphan, ward" [az96]
Pupinia tribe; Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
pupli, puplie male name [g/lb83 57, gm97, mc91: 96]
see Latin Publius [g/lb83 57, mc91: 96]
puplina < *pupliena, *pupliana family name [az96, mc91]
"youth, seed, lineage" [az96]
< puplie male name [mc91:96];
see Latin populus "people, town" [az96: 23]
puratum, purapum unknown? [mc91: 146]
pure "progeny, brood" [az96]
purni "shaggy garment, stuffing" [az96]
see Latin burra "shaggy garment, stuffing" [az96]
purth, purt-, pruth, puruthn, purat, puratum, purth-ne, eprthne
"magistrate, magistracy, dictator?" [am91, g/lb83, pa, dep]
purth "army" [az96]
epurth-cvua, "relating to the purth" [g/lb83 81, mc91: 78, mp68]
epr-thieva, eprth-nev, eprthnevc "head magistracy" [g/lb83 81, mc91: 78, mp68]
purthvnce, phurthce "to serve as purth" [g/lb83 81, mc91: 78, mp68]
purtsvavcte "in the magistracy" [mc91: 141]
"pertaining to the army?" [az96]
purtSvana, purthsvana, purthSvavcti "head of the army, dictator" [az96, g/lb83 81, mc91: 78, mp68]
see Greek prútaris, prótaris, brútaris "pritane (title of magistrate)" [mc91: 83, mcv, mp68: 227]
see Gothic frauja "lord" [dep]
see Greek protos "first" [dep]
see Indo-European *per-hw "what is before" [dep]
purthce "has procured" [az96: 24]
purthne "(which) prepares, provides" [az96]
puruthn "of grain" [az96]
purze, purzena family name [am91]
see Latinized Porsenna [am91]
see Greek Pursós [am91]
pustmina family name [g/lb83 75, 85: 106]
see Latin Postumio [g/lb83 75, 85: 106]
put-, puth-, puth-s, put-e, putiza "drinking vessel, well, fountain" [am91, dep, pa]
putlum "goblet" [gm97]
putlumza "vasetto" [am91]
putina "small bottle, flask" [az96]
putere, puteres-s [az96]
see Latin poculum "cup, beaker" [gm97]
see Latin potare "to drink" [dep]
see Latin pôtus "a drink", puteus "a well", puteal "fence of a well" [g/lb83, mp68]
see Latin puteum "well" [pa]
see Greek potamos "river" [dep]
see Greek potêr "type of drinking vessel, vaso" [mp68]
see Hittite pasi "to drink" [dep]
see Russian pit' "to drink" [dep]
see Breton evan "to drink" [dep]
see Indo-European *pehw- "to drink" [dep]
putace "spoiled, putrid, rotten" [az96]
pute "to think, prune" [az96]
see Latin putare "to think, prune" [az96]
puterescia, puterSia "relating to a messenger?" [az96]
putes "to compensate?" [az96]
putiza "compenso, contracambio" [az96]
puzne, puznu "to (re)pay, compensate? (preterite?)" [az96]
puthce "ordered, announced, communicated, invited, offered" [az96]
puts, puths "to announce, communicate, order, invite, offer" [az96]
putna "efficacy" [az96]
see Latin potentia "power, authority" [az96]
Pyrgi "the Towers" [g/lb83 17]
see Greek Púrgoi "towers" [g/lb83 17]
port city of Cerveteri [g/lb83 17]
calque of turs- "tower, Etruscan"? [rmcc]
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