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FromProto-Indo-European*pod-néh₂-ti, from*pod-(“to fetch”), and cognate withOld Church Slavonicпопасти(popasti,“to fetch”).[1] Whether the root is further connected to*ped-(“to walk, stumble, fall”) is unclear and semantically dubious.
*fatōną