Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/priHás

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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
    • Proto-Iranian: *friHáh
      • Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, dear, beloved, friend, well-wisher)
      • Khotanese: (briya-, beloved, dear, treasured)
      • Parthian: (fryẖ, dear, beloved)
      • Middle Persian: (’fryẖ), (’p̄ryẖ), (’p̄ryy, to create, to bless)
        • Persian: فری (fari, dear, beloved, pleasing) (archaic)
      • Sogdian: (pry-) (Buddhist), (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 (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 490