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Where does “*pɨs” come from?

*pɨs (Proto-Brythonic) comes from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον, from Ancient Greek πίσος — pea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum".

Ancestry of “*pɨs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīsum—
2Ancient GreekπίσονQuoted by comic poet Alexis; pea, pease, seed of...
3Ancient Greekπίσοςpea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum"
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