Cognate Set 6100 – Meaning: dust

IE-CoR reference form:
*peu̯H-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
*peu̯s- [Proto-Indo-European] scale: 0
Justification:
Most of the Slavic etymology dictionaries assume a PIE root *peu̯- 'blow' with extentions or additional morphemes in Slavic lexemes with the meanings 'blow' (*peu̯-s-, e.g. Serbo-Croat puhati), 'dust' (*peu̯-s-, e.g. Kashubian pich; **peu̯-l-, e.g. Polish pył) and 'swell' (*peu̯-s-, e.g. Polish puchnąć). As cognates lexemes like Sanskrit púṣyati 'thrive, flourish', Lithuanian pũsti, pučiù 'blow' or Greek φυ̃σα 'blowing' are listed. In the modern reference sources roots like ?*peu̯s- or ?*peu̯t- are assumed LIV². Note that Lithuanian pũsti, pučiù 'blow' has been judged as isolated Smoczyński 2007 and Greek φυ̃σα 'blowing' as obscure with a hardly identifiable root or even Pre-Greek Beekes 2010. I assume the root *peu̯H-, cf. PG *fūla- 'filthy, foul' Kroonen 2013. The meaning 'dust' could develop from 'rotten wood'. Cf. Rejzek 2001.
Found in clades:
Slavic
Found in 1 clade by 4 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
98   Belarusian pyl пыл pɨɫ pil
97   Russian pyl' пыль pɨlʲ pilʲ
88   Polish pył pɘ̟w pɨw The dust that rises from the sand.
99   Ukrainian pil пил pɪɫ pɪl Alternative lexemes are 'порох' and 'курява'. The choice is not straightforward. According to a native speaker 'пил' is the most generic and neutral of them and can be used both for 'dust outside' and 'building internal-dust', although it shows some tendency to the meaning 'building internal-dust'. The other words usually refer to 'dust outside' but are slightly expressive.
References
  • Boryś, W.: 506
    PS *pylŭ < *pū-lo-, derived from PIE *pū- 'blow'.
  • Boryś, Wiesław and Popowska-Taborska, Hanna: 4: 156
    The Kashubian lexeme is derived from PS *pyxati 'blow strongly'.
  • Kroonen, Guus: 158
    PG *fūla- 'filthy, foul' < PIE *púH-l-o-.
  • Rejzek, Jiří: 521
    The Slavic lexeme is derived from PIE *pū- 'blow' or PIE *pūl- < *pū- 'rot' (cf. German faul 'rotten', Lituanian piaũlas 'rotted').
  • Rix, Helmut: 480
    *peu̯H- 'rot, stink'.
  • Vasmer, Max: 3: 418
    The Slavic lexeme is derived from PIE *p(ʰ)ū- 'blow', cf. Lithuanian pũsti, pučiù 'blow', Latvian pùst, pùšu 'blow', Greek φυ̃σα 'blowing', φῡσιάω, φῡσάω 'blow'.