pie-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pie"

Latvian

Etymology

From earlier prie-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *préy. Cognate with Lithuanian priẽ (“at, with, to”), pri̇́e- (“at, with, to”), Old Prussian prei (“at, with, to”) and Proto-Slavic *pri (“at, with, by”).

Prefix

pie-

Usually found on verbs (and their derived nouns or adjectives) with the meaning "to", "to the front", or "joining", "adding", "in addition" (like Russian при- (pri-)).

Derived terms

Latvian terms prefixed with pie-

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419