Where does “pecū” come from?

pecū (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- — sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals.

pecū (Latin): cattle

Definitions

  1. cattle

Ancestry of “pecū”, step by step

pecū traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European peḱu-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱu-sheep; cattle; livestock, domestic animals

via Proto-Italic *peku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*pekucattle

Words derived from “pecū”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱu- →