Proto-Indo-European

*perd-

‘to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *perd-.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *perd-, most familiar first.

• fart ← ferten ← *feortan ← *fertan ← *fertaną
• partridge ← partrich ← perdriz ← perdīx ← πέρδιξ
• farting ← fartynge ← feorting ← *feortan ← *fertan
• perdricide ← perdrix ← perdriz ← perdīcem ← πέρδιξ

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *perd-