Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/priHás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *priHós.

Adjective

*priHás

1. dear, beloved

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *priHás
  • Sanskrit: प्रिय (priyá) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Sanskrit: प्रियायते (priyāyáte, “to treat kindly, to befriend”)
• Proto-Iranian: *friHáh
  • Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “dear, beloved, friend, well-wisher”)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (briya-, “beloved, dear, treasured”)
  • Parthian: [script needed] (fryẖ, “dear, beloved”)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (’fryẖ), [script needed] (’p̄ryẖ), [script needed] (’p̄ryy, “to create, to bless”)
    • Persian: فری (fari, “dear, beloved, pleasing”) (archaic)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (pry-) (Buddhist), [script needed] (fry-, “dear”) (Christian, Manichaean)