peku-

Wealth, movable property. Oldest form *pek̑u-, becoming *peku- in centum languages.

1.

a. fellow, from Old Norse fē, property, cattle;

b. fee, fief; enfeoff, feoffment, from Old French fie, fief, and Old English feoh, cattle, goods, money;

c. feud², from Medieval Latin feudum, feudal estate. a-c all from Germanic *fehu-.

2. pecorino, from Latin pecus, cattle.

3. Suffixed form *peku-n-. pecuniary; impecunious, from Latin pecūnia, property, wealth.

4. Suffixed form *peku-l-. peculate, peculiar, from Latin pecūlium, riches in cattle, private property.

 

[In Pokorny 2. pek̑- 797.]

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