Where does “puir” come from?

puir (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin putire, from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puir (Old French): to smell (bad); to stink

Definitions

  1. to smell (bad); to stink

Ancestry of “puir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinputirepresent active infinitive of *putiō
2Latinpūteōto stink, be rotten, putrid
3Proto-Italicpūtos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Italic pūtos →