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
- A sprite or supernatural being
Ancestry of “peri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | — |
| 2 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 3 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 4 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “peri”