*pu- “clean”
VMPSIE pu:- “to clean” Sanskrit pu:rus “pure” Latin pu:ta “cleaned” Sanskrit pu:ti “cleaning” Sanskrit pûtih “white” Malay putih “white” Javanese futsi, futchi “white” Madagascar maputi “white” Tagalog ma-pute “white” Buginese UEL 23, 24, 25: *pewH- “clean, purify” Proto-IndoEuropean + nominalising *-eno- *pewH-eno- Proto-IndoEuopean pávana (n.) “sieve” Sanskrit (n., m.) “cleaning (by threshing)” Sanskrit pavana id. Pali pona: (m.) “perforated iron ladle for skimming or straining” Hindi loaned into *pe(w)s^enV Proto-Permian puz^, púz^ “sieve” Votyak puz^ni_ “sift” Votyak poz^ “sieve” Zyryan po,z^ “sieve” Zyryan (SE-dial.) puz^ “sieve” Zyryan (East Permian) poz^n-al- “sift” Zyryan o-grade + causative suffix *-eye/o- *owH-eye/o- Proto-IndoEuropean *fauja Proto-Germanic fewen (fouwen) “sift (cereal), clean” Old High German vöuwen id. Middle High German fe.ibm, veben “sift” German dial. (Tyrol.) fäen “sift finely (cereal), winnow” German dial. (Styrian) payávati “cleans, purifies” Sanskrit loaned into *pows^e- Early Proto-Finnic + causative suffix *-ta- *pows^ta > *pos^ta Proto-Finnic pohta (inf. pohtoa) “winnow” Finnish > pohti- “consider” Finnish puohtua (inf.) “winnow” Carelian pohtta (inf.) id. Vepsian pohta: (inf.) id. Votic ma-inf. pohetama, puhetama id. Estonian dial. *pu-ne-H-, *pu-n-H- (v.) Proto-IndoEuropean *pu-ne-H-ti > punáti “he cleans, winnows” Sanskrit *pu-n-H-mes > puni:máh. “we clean, winnow” Sanskrit *pu-n-H-enti > punánti “they clean, winnow” Sanskrit puna:ti “cleans, sifts” Pa:li pun.aï “cleans, winnows” Pra:krit loaned into *pons^e- BalticFinnic-Mordvin + Mordvin causative suffix -vt(o)- (Ersa) ponz^avto- “winnow (cereal)” Mordvin (Ersa) + Mordvin causative suffix -ft(&^)- (Moks^a) pon´dz^aft&^- “winnow (cereal)” Mordvin (Moks^a) zero-grade + participal *-to- *puH-to-s Proto-IndoEuropean pu:tá-h. “cleaned, purified” Sanskrit loaned into *pus^tas Proto-Finnic common Baltic Finnic, eg. puhdas, puhtaan (gen.) “clean, pure” Finnish puhas, puhta (gen.) id. Estonian HSED 2008: *puk- “winnow” *fVk- “winnow, peel (corn)” Berber fukk-&t- id. Ahaggar *puk- “winnow” West Chadic puk id. Tangale CELR IX 135: *b.ug- “white” Central Chadic b3k. “light” (adj.) Egyptian Back