Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/prináHti

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 *pri-né-H-ti ~ *pri-n-H-énti, nasal infix present of *preyH- (“to love; to please”).

Verb

*prináHti

to please

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *prináHti
- Sanskrit: प्रीणाति (prīṇā́ti) (in the Rigveda most often with short /i/^[1]^[2])
Proto-Iranian: *friHnáHti^[3]
- Old Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬄𐬥𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬍 (friiąnmahī, 1pl.pres.act.), 𐬟𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬁𐬌 (frīnāi, 1sg.sub.pres.med.)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *aHfriHnáHti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ 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 490
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 182
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*fraiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87

[1] 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 490

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 182

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

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