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