Where does “purr” come from?
purr (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian pr̥Hnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
Ancestry of “purr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “purr”