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

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

>
> --- 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
>

Sorry : preffix *pri-