Re: [tied] PIE prek'- ; prok' ; prk'- 'to ask'

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 43664
Date: 2006-03-07

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> Is *pric^ína 'cause' presents in Russian too?

Yes.

> The semantism 'to-arrange' -> 'to-cause' based on the preffix *pri-
> 'at' is not a 'direct' one: => *pri 'at' + *kWei 'arrange' + *-n-

The semantic development 'to make' (that's actually one of the meanings
of CS *c^initi) -> 'to cause' is trivial, isn't it? Is that enough to
make you accept the Slavic etymology? ;-)

Sergei