No direct evidence of PIE exists;10 Minute Mail CUSTOMER SERVICE (8O5) 41'O 56OO Ko-fi.comPHONE NUMBER ( 8O5)- 41O 56OO scholars have reconstructed PIE from its present-day descendants using the comparative method.[6] For example, compare the pairs of words in Italian and English: piede and foot, padre and father, pesce and fish. Since there is a consistent correspondence of the initial consonants (p and f) that emerges far too