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][3][4][5][6]

to love, to please

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preyH-

*priH-né-H-ti ~ *priH-n-H-énti (nasal-infix present)[4]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHnáHti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *priHnáHti
    - Sanskrit: प्रीणाति (prīṇā́ti, “to please, to love”)
  - Proto-Iranian: *friHnáHti (“to rejoice, please”)[5]
    - Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬁𐬌‎ (frīnāi, “to rejoice, please”)
    - Proto-Iranian: *ā-friHnaHti[5]
      - Younger Avestan: 𐬁𐬟𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬌‎ (āfrīnāmi, “to bless”)
      - Khotanese: [script needed] (āvun-, “to approve”)
      - Kurdish:
        Northern Kurdish: afrandin (“to create”)
        Central Kurdish: ئافراندن‎ (afrandin, “to create”)
      - Parthian: [script needed] (’fryn-, “to bless”)
      - Middle Persian:
        Manichaean: [script needed] (’fryn-), [script needed] (’fwr-), [script needed] (’pwr-, “to create, to bless”)
        Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (’p̄lyn-), [script needed] (’p̄wl, “to create, to bless”)
        Persian: آفریدن‎ (âfaridan, “to create”)
      - Sogdian: [script needed] (’’pryn) (Buddhist), [script needed] (’fryn) (Christian), [script needed] (’’fryn), [script needed] (’’βryn, “to create”) (Manichaean)
      - → Old Armenian: աւրհնեմ (awrhnem), օրհնեմ (ōrhnem)
*prḗy-s-t ~ *préy-s-n̥t (s-aorist)[4]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *práyšat (“shall please”)
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *práyṣat
    - Sanskrit: प्रेषत् (préṣat)
*príH-yeti (ye-present)[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *príHyati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *príHyati
    - Sanskrit: प्रीयते (prī́yate, “to be pleased”)
*priH-men-
- ⇒ *priH-men-eh₂
  - Proto-Indo-Iranian: *priHmanaH
    - Proto-Iranian: *friHmanaH
      - Ossetian:
        Iron: лымӕ́н (lymǽn)
        Digor: лимӕн (limæn), нимӕл (nimæl, “friend, lover”)
*priH-ós (“beloved, happy”)[1][3][2]
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Iranian:
    - Pashto: ورين‎ (wrin, “open, happy, sincere”)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fri(j)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155: “*priH-”
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “proprius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493: “*priH-”
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-”
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
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “fraiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87: “*preiH-”
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prijati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420: “*priH-”

[Kroonen-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fri(j)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155: “*priH-”

[DeVaan-2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “proprius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493: “*priH-”

[TOitPIEatPIEw-3] 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-”

[LIV-4] 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

[Cheung2007-5] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “fraiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87: “*preiH-”

[Derksen-6] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prijati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420: “*priH-”