pédon

pédon πέδον "fußend, Grund/Boden auf dem man fußt, mit den Füßen steht.

• From Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from *ped- (the source of πούς (poús, “foot”)).
• Cognates include Sanskrit पद (padá, “step, footstep, footprint”), Old Norse fet (“step”), Old Armenian հետ (het, “footprint, track”), and Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒁕𒀭 (pēdan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pé.don/ → /ˈpe.ðon/ → /ˈpe.ðon/

Noun

πέδον • (pédon) n (genitive πέδου); second declension

1. ground, earth