PIE prek'- ; prok' ; prk'- 'to ask'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2006-03-01 00:19, whitedawn wrote:
>
> > Could you give us a more precise explanation, please...
>
> The root *prek^- 'to ask' has a large number of reflexes in

Germanic

> vocabulary. Already in PIE, it formed characteristic derivatives

with

> the full range of apophonic variation, such as the *-sk^- present

with

> the nil grade of the root *pr.k^-sk^é/o- (> Skt. pr.ccHáti, Av.
> p&r&saiti, OIrish arcu, Lat. posco: < *por(k)sko:, etc.), the o-

grade

> iterative *prok^-éje/o- (> OCS prositi, Lith. pras^y'ti) and the
> thematic agent noun *prok^-o-s (> Lat. procus 'suitor'), the root

noun

> *pre:k^-s 'request, prayer' (> Lat. prex, Skt. pra:s'-), and others.
>
> In Germanic, the initial consonant is always reflected as *f-

(Grimm's

> Law) and the final as *-x- (Grimm's Law) or *-g- (if additionally
> preceded by an unaccented syllable and therefore affected by

Verner's

> Law). The nil-grade is visible in Gmc. fursko: 'question' <
> *pr.k^-sk^-ah2 (with the secondary denominative verb *fursko:-je/a-

[...]

> Piotr
>

You can add to this root Romanian(<Dacian) pricinã 'cause, motive;
reason' < PIE *prk'-ino (or simple *prk'-no)

Derivation:
PIE prk'-(i)no > [o>a; r.>ri; k' > c] > Dacian/PAlb
*pritsina /pricina/ > Rom. pricinã /pric^in&/

The r. > ri in Dacian is reflected in:
PIE *kWrs-yo > Dacian Krisja > Romanian CriS 'river name in
Transylvannia' 'the Black River'

The r. > ri is also Reflected in PAlb/Daco-Moesian?
PIE krm-i- > PAlb/Daco-Moesian? *krimbi > Alb krimb

NOTE: Romanian 'pricinã' is wrong considered by DEX from Bulgarian
pric^na.

If Bulgarian 'pric^na' would be of Slavic origin the resulting Slavic
form would be:

a) nil grade *prk'- -> CommonSlavic *p&rs- (And Not *pri- as in
Bulgarian pric^na)

b) o-grade *prok'- -> CommonSlavic *pros- (see OCS prositi etc..)

c) e-grade *prek'- -> CommonSlavic *pres-

As you can see Bulgarian pric^na cannot fit any of the above forms

Marius