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 edit

Root edit

*preyH-[1][2]

  1. to please
  2. to love

Derived terms edit

  • *prḗyH-s-t ~ *préyH-s-n̥t (s-aorist)[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *práyHšat
  • *priH-nó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHnás
    • *priHn-éh₁(ye)-ti (denominal eh₁(ye)-stative)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHnáHti (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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-”