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 *per- +‎ *-i (locative suffix).^[1]

Adverb

*péri^[1]^[2]

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
  - Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (paⁱri)
    - → Persian: پیراـ (pirâ-, “peri-”, prefix)
  - Kurdish:
    - Northern Kurdish: ber (“in front”)
    - Central Kurdish: بەر (ber, “in front”)
  - Old Persian: [Term?] (/⁠pariy⁠/, “around, about”)
>? Proto-Italic:
- Latin: per^[5] (or from *pér^[4]) (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^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
^ 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
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “për”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
↑ ^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
^ 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

[LIPP-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] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “për”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 319

[LIPP_per-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] 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

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