Where does “peri” come from?

Peri comes from Ottoman Turkish پری, from Persian پری, from Proto-Indo-Iranian parnám, from Proto-Indo-European pornóm, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root pleh₁- meaning to fill or be full.

peri (English): A sprite or supernatural being

Definitions

  1. A sprite or supernatural being

Ancestry of “peri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپریfairy
2Persianپریsprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian...
3Persianپرfull; feather; wing
4Middle Persianpurr
5Proto-Iranianpr̥Hnáhfull, filled
6Proto-Indo-Iranianpr̥Hnásfull, filled
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “peri

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-