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]

to please
to love

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preyH-‎ (34 c, 0 e)

*pri-né-H-ti ~ *pri-n-H-énti (nasal-infix present)^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *prináHti (see there for further descendants)

*priH-ye-tor^[3]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHyatay
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *priHyatay
    - Sanskrit: प्रीयते (prī́yate, “to be pleased”)

*prḗyH-s-t ~ *préyH-s-n̥t (s-aorist)^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *práyHšat (3sg.aor.subj.act.)
  - 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”)

*priH-yó-s

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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
^ 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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[LIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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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