Proto-Indo-European
Root
*preyH- [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
to love , to please
Derived terms
Template:PIE root see
*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 ” )
*príH-yeti ( ye-present ) [ 1]
*priH-men-
*priH-ós ( “ beloved, happy ” ) [ 1] [ 3] [ 2]
Unsorted formations:
Proto-Indo-Iranian:
Proto-Iranian:
Pashto: ورين ( wrin , “ open, happy, sincere ” )
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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- ”
↑ 2.0 2.1 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- ”
↑ 3.0 3.1 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- ”
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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- ”