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单词 Indo-European root: prī-
释义
‌‌prī-
To love. Oldest form *prihx (becoming *priy‑ before vowels).
Derivatives include filibuster, friend, and Friday.
  1. Suffixed form *priy-o‑.
    1. free, from Old English frēo, free, and frēon, freogan, to love, set free;
    2. filibuster, freebooter, from Dutch vrij, free. Both a and b from Germanic *frijaz, beloved, belonging to the loved ones, not in bondage, free, and *frijōn, to love.
  2. Suffixed (participial) form *priy-ont‑, loving. friend, from Old English frīond, frēond, friend, from Germanic *frijand‑, lover, friend.
  3. Suffixed shortened form *pri-tu‑.
    1. Siegfried, from Old High German fridu, peace;
    2. affray, afraid, from Old French esfreer, to disturb, from Vulgar Latin *exfredāre, to break the peace, from ex‑, out, away (see eghs) + *fridāre, to make peace, from Germanic *frithu‑, peace;
    3. Germanic *frij‑, peace, safety, in compound *berg-frij‑ (see bhergh-2). a-c all from Germanic *frithuz, peace.
  4. Suffixed feminine form *priy-ā‑, beloved.
    1. Frigg, from Old Norse Frigg, goddess of the heavens, wife of Odin;
    2. Friday, from Old English Frīgedæg, Friday, from Germanic compound *frije-dagaz, "day of Frigg" (translation of Latin Veneris diēs, "Venus's day"). Both a and b from Germanic *frijjō, beloved, wife.
[Pokorny prāi‑ 844.]
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