Where does “pieuter” come from?

pieuter (French) comes from French pieu, from Middle French pieu, from Old French pex, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

pieuter (French): to sleep; to go to bed; to crash out, hit the hay

Definitions

  1. to sleep; to go to bed; to crash out, hit the hay

Ancestry of “pieuter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpieupost; stake; bed; sack
2Middle Frenchpieupost; stake
3Old Frenchpex—
4Latinpālusswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
5Proto-Italicpākslos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-slos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos →Every word from Proto-Italic pākslos →
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