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Where does “perḱ-” come from?

perḱ- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

perḱ- (Proto-Indo-European): colored; motley; to open, rip up

Definitions

  1. colored; motley; to open, rip up

Ancestry of “perḱ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “perḱ-”

  • prayer
  • pray
  • praying
  • pork
  • precarious
  • perch
  • furrow
  • deprecated
  • deprecating
  • porcupine
  • precariously
  • prayerful
  • porcine
  • deprecate
  • deprecation
  • porpoise
  • perching
  • precariousness
  • deprecatory
  • prayerfully
  • imprecation
  • deprecatingly
  • furlong
  • porker
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