Re: [tied] Question on "question"

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 43595
Date: 2006-02-28

On 2006-02-26 03:47, C. Darwin Goranson wrote:

> Is there a connection between the German "fragen" (meaning "to ask")
> and the root verb in Greek for the 1st person present "phráze" ("to
> tell", I think)? [actually <pHrazo:> -- Piotr]

No, the Germanic word goes back to PIE *prek^-, as in Lat. precor
(related to OFrench preier --> Eng. pray).

Piotr