Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/per

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *per, from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian per̃, par, Latvian par, pãr, Old Prussian per,

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit परि (pári), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (paⁱri), Ancient Greek πέρι (péri), περὶ (perì), Latin per

Preposition

*per

(+accusative) through
(+accusative) for?

Related terms

*per- (“re-, over-”)
*perkъ (“direct”)
*perz (“through”)
*perdъ (“in front”)
*pri (“at, nearby, to”)
*prokъ (“remnant, remainder”)

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Old Polish: prze ?
  - Polish: prze
- Slovak: pre
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: pře
  - Lower Sorbian: pśe

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пере-”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пере-”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 20

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