πιβε

Sicel

FWOTD – 15 August 2025

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-
    Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti
    Proto-Italic *pibō
    Sicel πιβε (pibe)

    Inherited from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from *peh₃-.

    Verb

    πιβε (pibe)

    1. drink (second-person singular imperative)

    Further reading

    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bibō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
    • Poccetti, Paolo (2012), “Language relations in Sicily: Evidence for the speech of the Σικανοί, the Σικελοί and others”, in Olga Tribulato, editor, Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 75
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