pie-

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From earlier prie-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *prey. Cognate with Lithuanian priẽ (at, with, to), príe- (at, with, to), Old Prussian prei (at, with, to) and Proto-Slavic *pri (at, with, by).

Prefix

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pie-

  1. Usually found on verbs (and their derived nouns or adjectives) with the meaning "to", "to the front", or "joining", "adding", "in addition" (like Russian при- (pri-)).

Derived terms

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419