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Where does “प्रीणाति” come from?

प्रीणाति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan prináHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian prináHti, from Proto-Indo-European pri-néH-ti, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.

प्रीणाति (Sanskrit): to please, gladden, delight, gratify, cheer,...

Definitions

  1. to please, gladden, delight, gratify, cheer,...

Ancestry of “प्रीणाति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanprináHti—
2Proto-Indo-IranianprináHti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpri-néH-ti—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpreyH-to love, to please
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