πέρυσι

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *péruti, from Proto-Indo-European *péruti (“last year”); compare ἔτος (étos, “year”) (< *wetos). Cognate with Sanskrit परुत् (parut, “last year”), Proto-Germanic *ferudi (“last year”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

πέρυσι • (pérusi)

  1. a year ago, last year

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέρυσι(ν)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1180

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi).

Adverb

πέρυσι • (pérysi)

  1. last year (the year before the present one)

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