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Where does “prekär” come from?

prekär (German) comes from French précaire, from Latin precārius, from Latin prex, from Proto-Italic preks, from Proto-Indo-European préḱs, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

prekär (German): precarious

Definitions

  1. precarious

Ancestry of “prekär”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprécaireprecarious
2Latinprecārius—
3Latinprexprayer; request; entreaty
4Proto-Italicpreks—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpréḱs—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →