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panetassa

paneti

3rd person singular present indicative active of paneti; surface form panetassa is a scribal or textual variant (possibly panetassa for panassa, 'of the one who spreads/extends', or corruption of panetaṁ); resolving to paneti

1. spreads
2. extends
3. stretches out

Built from

• pan — root · spread, extend
  Concrete image of stretching or spreading something across a space. Cognate with Latin pandere (open, spread) and Sanskrit pān (to extend).
• -e — ending · 3rd singular present
  Regular thematic present ending marking third-person singular indicative active voice.

Etymology. From √pan (to spread, extend), cognate with Sanskrit pāṇayati and Greek pēnē (thread, web) — the root's imagery of stretching or threading something out. Related to Latin pandere (to spread, open).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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