Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/preg-

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

    Root

    *preg-[1]

    1. to yearn, to covet

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preg- (10 c, 0 e)
    • *prog-éye-ti (causative)
      • Balto-Slavic:
        • Proto-Slavic: *pražiti (see there for further descendants)
    • *preg-o-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *frekaz (see there for further descendants)
    • *prog-o-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *frakaz
        • Old English: fræc
        • Old Dutch: *frak
    • *preg-yo-s
    Unsorted formations
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *pragnǫti (see there for further descendants)
    • Celtic:
      • Old Breton: rogedou

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN