prī-

To love. Contracted from *priə- (becoming *priy- before vowels).

Derivatives include filibuster, friend, and Friday.

1. Suffixed form *priy-o-.

a. free, from Old English frēo, free, and frēon, freogan, to love, set free;

b. 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-.

a. Siegfried, from Old High German fridu, peace;

b. 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;

c. 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.

a. Frigg, from Old Norse Frigg, goddess of the heavens, wife of Odin;

b. 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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