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Where does “préḱs” come from?

préḱs (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Ancestry of “préḱs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “préḱs”

  • prayer
  • pray
  • praying
  • precarious
  • deprecated
  • deprecating
  • precariously
  • prayerful
  • deprecate
  • deprecation
  • precariousness
  • deprecatory
  • prayerfully
  • imprecation
  • deprecatingly
  • prayerless
  • preces
  • prayest
  • prayerfulness
  • precatory
  • imprecate
  • prayerlessness
  • prayerlike
  • precative
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →