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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/preyH-

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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

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    Root

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    *preyH-[1][2]

    1. to please
    2. to love

    Derived terms

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

    References

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