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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
<S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:

>
> --- 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
>

PIE *kWei- means 'to arrange, to put in order' and not 'to do' in
general (please see the meaning of the Sanskrit, Slavic words etc...)

So please explain what is the role of the suffix *pri 'at' here ?

'at' + 'to arrange' => "to cause" ? :)

Thanks again,
Marius