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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prijati

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 *prīˀjā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *priH-e-h₂-(ye)-ti, from *priHós (dear, beloved). Cognate with Sanskrit प्रीणाति (prīṇā́ti, to please), Persian آفریدن (âfaridan, to create) and Old High German frīten (to look after).

Verb

*prijàti[1]

  1. to please
  2. to favor

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: прыя́ць (pryjácʹ) (archaic)
    • Russian: прия́ть (prijátʹ) (archaic)
    • Ukrainian: прия́ти (pryjáty) (archaic)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: přát
    • Old Polish: przyjać
    • Silesian: przŏć
    • Slovak: priať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: pśaś
      • Upper Sorbian: přeć, přać

Further reading

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prijati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 420
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