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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/preyH-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*preyH-[1][2]

  1. to please
  2. to love

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preyH-‎ (32 c, 0 e)
  • *prḗyH-s-t ~ *préyH-s-n̥t (s-aorist)[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *práyHšat
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *práyHṣat
        • Sanskrit: प्रेषत् (préṣat, “shall please”)
  • *priH-mḗn
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHmā́
      • Proto-Iranian: *friHmā́
        • Ossetian: (“friend, lover”)
          Digor Ossetian: лимӕн (limæn), нимӕл (nimæl)
          Iron Ossetian: лымӕ́н (lymǽn)
  • *priH-nó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHnás
      • Proto-Iranian: *friHnáh
        • Pashto: ورين (wrin, “open, happy, sincere”)
    • ⇒ *priHn-éh₁(ye)-ti (denominal eh₁(ye)-stative)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHnáHti (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*preiH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 87
  2. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 343: “*prihₓ-”
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