pō(i)-

pō(i)-
To drink. Oldest form *peə₃(i)-, colored to *poə₃(i)-.
I. Basic form *pō(i)-, reduced to *pō- (< *poə-).
1. Suffixed form *pō-to-. potable, potation, potatory, from Latin pōtus, drunk; a drink (whence pōtāre, to drink).
2. Suffixed form *pō-ti-. poison, potion, from Latin pōtiō, a drink.
3. Suffixed form *pō-tlo-, drinking vessel. hibachi, from Sanskrit pātram, cup, bowl.
4. Suffixed reduplicated zero-grade form *pi-pə-o-, whence *pi-bo-, assimilated to *bi-bo-. beer, beverage, bib, bibulous; imbibe, imbrue, from Latin bibere, to drink.
5. Suffixed zero-grade form *pə-ti-, *po-ti-. symposium, from Greek posis, drink, drinking.
II. Zero-grade form *pī- (< *piə-).
1. Suffixed form *pī-ro-. pirog, from Old Church Slavonic pirŭ, feast.
2. Suffixed (nasal present) form *pī-no-. pinocytosis, from Greek pīnein, to drink.
 
[Pokorny 2. pō(i)- 839.]

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