Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/prei

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pr-éy,[1][2] from *per-.

Preposition

*prei[1][2]

  1. at, with

Descendants

  • Latgalian: pi
  • Latvian: prie-, pie-, pie
  • Lithuanian: priẽ, pri̇́e-
  • Old Prussian: prei
  • Proto-Slavic: *pri (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pri”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419:*prei(ʔ)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “prie”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371:*prei