Where does “πυγμή” come from?

πυγμή (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.

πυγμή (Ancient Greek): fist; a measure of length, the distance from the...

Definitions

  1. fist; a measure of length, the distance from the...

Ancestry of “πυγμή”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpewǵ-to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab

Words derived from “πυγμή

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ-