Where does “preja” come from?

preja (Swedish) comes from Old French preier, from Latin precārī, from Latin prex, from Proto-Italic preks, from Proto-Indo-European préḱs, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

preja (Swedish): hail call a ship in order to make it stop

Definitions

  1. hail call a ship in order to make it stop

Ancestry of “preja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchpreierAlternative form of proiier
2Latinprecārī—
3Latinprexprayer; request; entreaty
4Proto-Italicpreks—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpréḱs—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “preja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European préḱs →