Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/preḱ-

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

*preḱ-^[1]^[2]^[3]

to ask

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preḱ- (25 c, 0 e)

*pr̥(ḱ)-sḱé-ti (sḱe-present)^[1]
*prḗḱ-s-t ~ *préḱ-s-n̥t (s-aorist)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: अप्राट् (áprāṭ) (later अप्राक्षीत् (áprākṣīt))
  - Proto-Iranian:
    - Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬍 (frašī, 1sg.inj.mid.)
- Proto-Tocharian:
  - Tocharian A: prakäs
  - Tocharian B: preksa
*proḱ-éye-ti (causative)^[4]^[5]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *práśīˀtei (see there for further descendants)
*préḱ-s^[6]^[7]
- Celtic:
  - Brythonic:
    - Welsh: rheg
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *prā́ćš
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *prā́ṭṣ
    - Sanskrit: प्राश् (prā́ś)
  - Proto-Iranian: *prā́š
    - Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬁 (frasā), 𐬟𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬁 (fərasā)
- Proto-Italic: *preks
  - Latin: prex
    - Italian: prece
    - Portuguese: prece
    - ⇒ Latin: precor (see there for further descendants)
*proḱ-o-
- Proto-Italic: *prokos
  - Latin: procus
    - Portuguese: proco
    - ⇒ Latin: procō
Unsorted formations:
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: հարսն (harsn, “bride”)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: pir̃šti (“to arrange a marriage”)
- Proto-Germanic: *frehnaną (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian:
  - Iranian:
    - Northern Kurdish: pirs (“question”), pirsîn (“to ask”)
    - Old Persian: √fraθ/pars > parsa-
      - Middle Persian: pwrs (purs-), pwrsytn' (pursīdan)
        Persian: پرس (pors-), پرسیدن (porsidan)
- Italic:
  - >? Latin: percontor (see there for further descendants)
- Tocharian:
  - Tocharian A: pärk-
  - Tocharian B: pärk-

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 490-491
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*prosìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “prašyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 360-370
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “prex, -cis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488
^ Monier Williams (1899) “Proto-Indo-European/preḱ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 709, column 2.

[Ringe_2006-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[LIV-3] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 490-491

[4] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*prosìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421

[5] Derksen, Rick (2015) “prašyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 360-370

[6] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “prex, -cis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488

[7] Monier Williams (1899) “Proto-Indo-European/preḱ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 709, column 2.

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