ThisProto-Indo-European entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.

Compare the roots*per-(“to be in front, before, first”) and*per-(“to go through; to go forth”). This word seems to combine the two meanings (see the derivatives), and the direction of semantic development is unclear. It is also debatable whether the former root should even be considered a root in its own right or a collection of derivatives of the particles*pér and*pró. The matter is made all the more tricky by laryngeal reconstructions such as*preh₂- or*preh₃-.Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

*pér^[1][2]

1. through

• *pér-i(“around”)(with locative suffix*-i)
• *pér-ut-i(“last year”) (with*wet-(“year”))
• *per és^[1]
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:*parás(“beyond, on the other side”) (see there for further descendants)

With zero-grade:

• *pr-ó(“forwards, before”)(with allative suffix*-o)

• Proto-Balto-Slavic:*per,*per-^[2]
  • Lithuanian:per,per-,par-
  • Latvian:par,par-
  • Old Prussian:per
  • Proto-Slavic:*per,*per- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic:
  • Latin:per,per-(or from*péri^[3]) (see there for further descendants)

• Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the root *per- (before)
• Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the root *per- (fare)
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