Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péri

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

    Probably from *pér +‎ *-i (locative suffix).[1]

    Adverb

    *péri[1][2]

    1. around

    Descendants

    • >? Proto-Albanian: *per(i)[3]
      • Albanian: për (or from *pér,[4] or borrowed from Latin per)
    • Proto-Celtic: *ɸeri-
    • Proto-Germanic: *firi- (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: περί (perí), πέρ (pér) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pári
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pári
        • Sanskrit: परि (pári) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Iranian: *pári[5]
        • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (pairi)
          • Persian: پیراـ (pirâ-, peri-, prefix)
        • Bactrian: παρο- (paro-), πορο- (poro-)
        • Kurdish:
          • Northern Kurdish: ber (in front)
          • Central Kurdish: بەر (ber, in front)
        • Old Persian: [Term?] (/⁠pariy⁠/, around, about)
    • >? Proto-Italic:

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014), “*péri 'um – herum, ringsum'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 617-621
    2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “pári”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 91-92
    3. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “për”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
    4. 4.0 4.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014), “1.*pér, *pérā̆, *pérām, *pérti 'durch, darüber hinaus, über; sehr'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 607-614
    5. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020), “*pari”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 177-180
    6. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “per”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 459