Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/priHás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *priHós.

    Adjective

    *priHás[1]

    1. dear, beloved

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *priHás
      • Sanskrit: प्रिय (priyá) (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒ Sanskrit: प्रियायते (priyāyáte, “to treat kindly, to befriend”)[2]
    • Proto-Iranian: *friHáh
      • Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “dear, beloved, friend, well-wisher”)
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (briya-, “beloved, dear, treasured”)
      • Parthian: [script needed] (fryẖ, “dear, beloved”)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (’fryẖ), [script needed] (’p̄ryẖ), [script needed] (’p̄ryy, “to create, to bless”)
        • Persian: فری (fari, “dear, beloved, pleasing”) (archaic)
      • Sogdian: [script needed] (pry-) (Buddhist), [script needed] (fry-, “dear”) (Christian, Manichaean)

    References

    1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “priyá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 490
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