Where does “pugnos” come from?

pugnos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European puǵnos, from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.

pugnos (Proto-Italic): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “pugnos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpuǵnos
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpewǵ-to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab

Words derived from “pugnos

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