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• Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- wool, livestock, wealth

  • Proto-Indo-European *péḱu

    • Old Armenian ասու asu fleece, wool

      • Armenian ասր asr fine fleece
    • Balto-Slavic *péku

      • East Baltic

        • Lithuanian pẽkus
      • West Baltic

        • Old Prussian pecku cattle
    • Germanic *fehu wealth, cattle, the rune ᚠ

      • East Germanic

        • Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 faihu property, wealth, money, the letter 𐍆
      • North Germanic

        • Old Norse fé livestock, property, money, the rune ᚠ

          • Danish fæ cattle, idiot
          • Icelandic fé livestock, wealth, money, the rune ᚠ
          • Old Norse féhirðir shepherd

            • Icelandic féhirðir treasurer
      • West Germanic

        • Old English feoh money, livestock, property, the rune ᚠ

          • English fee
        • Frankish *feu

          • Dutch vee livestock, cattle
          • Medieval Latin feus

            • Medieval Latin fevum

              • Old French fief

                • French fief fief
                • English fief
            • Medieval Latin feudum fief, fee

              • Italian feudo fief, domain, stronghold
              • Spanish feudo fief, home ground
              • Medieval Latin feudālis

                • Old French feodal feudal

                  • English feudal
        • Old High German fihu livestock, cattle

          • German Vieh livestock, beast
          • German Viech animal, beast, vermin
          • Yiddish פֿיך fikh livestock, cattle
      • English fehu the rune ᚠ
    • Hellenic *péku

      • Hellenic *pᵊkú-klṓps cattle-thief

        • Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ Kúklōps cyclops ^[1]

          • Latin cyclōps

            • English cyclops
    • Italic *peku

      • Latin pecū cattle

        • Latin pecūnia money, wealth

          • Latin pecūniārius financial, related to money, pecuniary

            • English pecuniary
        • Latin pecūlium private property, livestock

          • Western Romance

            • French pécule savings
            • Spanish pegullo herd
          • Latin pecūliāris private, specific

            • English peculiar
          • Latin pecūlor I embezzle, I peculate

            • English peculate
      • Umbrian 𐌐𐌄𐌒𐌏 peqo wealth
  • Proto-Indo-European *péḱti

    • Balto-Slavic

      • East Baltic

        • Lithuanian pèšti to pluck, to pull, to tear out

          • Lithuanian pašýti to tug, to fight, to brawl iterative
    • Hellenic

      • Ancient Greek πέκω pékō I shear, I comb, I pluck
  • Proto-Indo-European *peḱteti

    • Germanic *fehtanã to comb, to shear, to detangle, to struggle with

      • West Germanic *fehtan to fight

        • Old English feohtan to fight

          • English fight
          • Scots fecht to fight, to struggle
        • Frankish *fehtan

          • Dutch vechten to fight
        • Old High German fehtan

          • German fechten to fence, to fight

            • Russian фехтова́ть fextovátʹ to fence
            • German Fuchtel broadsword
    • Hellenic

      • Ancient Greek πεκτέω pektéō I shear, I clip
    • Italic *pektō

      • Latin pectō I comb, I card, I weed, I thrash (someone)
  • Proto-Indo-European *péḱos

    • Hellenic

      • Ancient Greek πέκος pékos
    • Italic *pekos

      • Latin pecus cattle, herd

        • Western Romance

          • Italian pecora sheep, ewe
        • Latin pecorārius herdsman, shepherd

          • Eastern Romance

            • Romanian păcurár shepherd
          • Western Romance

            • Italian pecoraio shepherd
  • Proto-Indo-European *poḱos

    • Germanic *fahaz sheep

      • North Germanic

        • Old Norse fær sheep

          • Danish får sheep
          • Old Norse Færeyjar Sheep Islands, the Faroe Islands

            • Danish Færøerne Faroe Islands

              • English Faroe
            • Icelandic Færeyjar Faroe Islands
    • Hellenic

      • Ancient Greek πόκος pókos wool, fleece
  • Proto-Indo-European *péḱleh₂

    • Albanian pillë flax comb, hatchel
  • Proto-Indo-European *poḱtis

    • Germanic *fahtiz wool, fleece

      • West Germanic

        • Old English feht fleece
        • Frankish *faht

          • Dutch vacht fur, pelt
  • Proto-Indo-European *pǝḱténs

    • Hellenic

      • Ancient Greek κτείς kteís comb, rake, scallop, pubic hair oblique stem κτεν- kten-

        • Greek χτένα chténa comb
        • Ancient Greek κτενῐ́ζω ktenízō I comb

          • Greek χτενίζω chtenízo I comb, I groom, I search
        • New Latin cteno-

          • Translingual Ctenophora taxonomic phylum of comb jellies
          • English cteno-
    • Italic

      • Latin pecten comb, scallop, pubic hair

        • English pecten
  • Proto-Indo-European *poḱsmn̥

    • Indo-Iranian *páćšma wool, fleece, bristles

      • Indo-Aryan *páṭṣma

        • Sanskrit 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 pákṣman eyelash, whisker, hair

          • Sauraseni 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳 pamha

            • Madhya

              • Hindi पपनी papnī eyelash
      • Iranian *pášma

        • Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀 pašma wool
        • Northern Iranian

          • Scythian

            • Ossetian фӕсм fæsm wool
        • Western Iranian

          • Old Persian *pašma

            • Persian پشم pašm wool, chest hair, pubic hair
  • Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom

    • Germanic ​​*fahsã (head) hair, mane

      • North Germanic

        • Old Norse fax mane

          • Icelandic fax mane
          • Scots fax sea foam, breakers
          • Old Norse Skinfaxi Shining-Mane, horse of Day personified
          • Old Norse Hrímfaxi Frost-Mane, horse of Night personified
      • West Germanic

        • Old English feax mane, (head) hair

          • English fax

            • English Fairfax
            • English Shadowfax
        • Frankish *fahs

          • Dutch vas

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Collected English words

fee, fief, feudal, fehu, cyclops, pecuniary, peculiar, peculate, fight, Faroe, Ctenophora, cteno-, pecten, fax, Fairfax, Shadowfax

Footnotes

1. ^Κύκλωψ Kúklōps: "cyclops" can be understood as "round eye", but this may be an eggcorn of *pǝḱu-klṓps: "cattle-thief", after Greek lost the word *péḱu. If so, the reinterpretation of the word may have led to a re-envisioning of the creature. (It doesn't take much reconstruction to reach the conclusion that cattle-raids were part of Indo-European culture and mythology.)