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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	pr-
DEFINITION:	To love. Contracted from pri- (becoming priy- before vowels). Derivatives include filibuster, friend, and Friday. 1. Suffixed form priy-o-. a. free, from Old English fro,* free, and fron, freogan, to love, set free; b. filibuster, freebooter, from Dutch vrij, free. Both a and b from Germanic frijaz, beloved, belonging to the loved ones, not in bondage, free, and frijn, to love. 2. Suffixed (participial) form priy-ont-, loving. friend, from Old English frond,* frond, friend, from Germanic frijand-, lover, friend. 3. Suffixed shortened form pri-tu-. a. Siegfried, from Old High German fridu, peace; b. affray, afraid, from Old French esfreer, to disturb, from Vulgar Latin exfredre, to break the peace, from ex-,* out, away (see eghs) + fridre, to make peace, from Germanic frithu-, peace; c. Germanic frij-, peace, safety, in compound berg-frij- (see bhergh-²). a–c all from Germanic frithuz, peace. 4. Suffixed feminine form priy--, beloved. a. Frigg, from Old Norse Frigg, goddess of the heavens, wife of Odin; b. Friday, from Old English Frgedæg, Friday, from Germanic compound frije-dagaz, “day of Frigg” (translation of Latin Veneris dis,* “Venus's day”). Both a and b from Germanic frijj, beloved, wife. (Pokorny pri-* 844.)


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