Where does “pwījos” come from?

pwījos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European puHyós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

pwījos (Proto-Italic): pious, devout

Definitions

  1. pious, devout

Ancestry of “pwījos”, step by step

pwījos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European puHyós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHyóspurifying
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Proto-Indo-European puH-yós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuH-yós

Words derived from “pwījos

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHyós