Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pri

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 *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *prey.

Preposition

*pri

1. (with locative) next to, by, at
2. with
3. to

Synonyms

• *u

Related terms

• *pri-
• *pridъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: при (pri)
    • Belarusian: пры (pry)
    • Russian: при (pri)
    • Ukrainian: при (pry)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: при (pri)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⰻ (pri)

  • Bulgarian: при (pri)
  • Macedonian: при (pri)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: при

    Latin script: pri

  • Slovene: pri (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: při
    • Czech: při
  • Old Polish: przy
    • Masurian: prżi
    • Polish: przy
    • Silesian: przi
  • Slovak: pri
  • Polabian: prei
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: przë
    • Slovincian: przë
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: při
    • Lower Sorbian: pśi

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “при”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress