kʷei-

I. kʷei-¹

To pay, atone, compensate. Suffixed o-grade form *kʷoi-nā-. pain, penal, penalty, pine², punish; impunity, penology, punitory, repine, subpoena, from Greek poinē, fine, penalty.

 

[Pokorny 1. kᵘ̯ei-(t-) 636.]

  II. kʷei-²

To pile up, build, make. O-grade form *kʷoi-.

a. cheetah, from Sanskrit kāyaḥ, body;

b. suffixed form *kʷoi-wo-, making, in denominative verb *kʷoiw-eyo-. poem, poesy, poet, poetic, -poiesis, -poietic; epopee, mythopoeic, onomatopoeia, pharmacopoeia, from Greek poiein, to make, create.

 

[Pokorny 2. kᵘ̯ei- 637.]

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