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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *prā̆t-
Meaning: intelligence, understanding, to understand
Baltic: *prā̃t-a- c.; *prat- vb. intr.
Germanic: *fráɵ-a- adj., *fráɵ-ja- n., *fráɵ-ja- vb., *frōd-á- adj.
Celtic: MIr ror-ath-aig `er bemerkte'
Russ. meaning: разум, понятие, понимать
References: WP II 86 f
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Proto-Baltic: *prā̃t-a- c.; *prat- vb. intr.
Meaning: learn, understand
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: pràsti (prañta) `sich gewöhnen, verstehen, begreifen, (er)kennen, wissen', prõtas `Vernunft, Verstand, Geist, Intellekt'
Lettish: prast (prùotu, pratu) `verstehen, begreifen, merken', pràts `Verstand, Sinn, Wille, Gesinnung, Meinung, Gemüt'
Old Prussian: prātin acc. `Rat'; issprestun `verstehen', ispresnān `Vernunft, Verstand', isspressenien `Vernunft', ispressennien, issprettīngi `nämlich', poprestemmai `(wir) gühlen'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *fráɵa-, *fráɵja-n, *fráɵjan-, *frōdá-
Meaning: clever, understand
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: fraɵi n. (ja) `understanding; think, recognition, understand'; fraɵjan st. `think, recognize, understand'; frōɵ-s (-d-) (a) `intelligent, wise'; *frōdī f. (n) `wisdom'
Old Norse: frōδ-r adj. `klug, weise'
Norwegian: frod
Old Swedish: froɵer
Old English: frōd `wise, prudent, sage, skilful; advanced in years, aged, old, ancient'
Old Frisian: frōd
Old Saxon: frōd `verständig, weise'
Middle Dutch: vroet
Dutch: vroed
Old High German: fruot `verständig, weise', frad `strenuus, efficax', fradalīh `procax'
Middle High German: vruot 'verständig, weise, klug; schön; gut, edel, brav, tüchtig, wacker, fein, artig'
German: schweiz. fruetig `munter, froh, frisch, tapfer, schnell'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1553
Root: pret-, prō̆t-
English meaning: to understand
German meaning: `verstehen'
Material: Mir. rāthaigid `bemerkt'; got. fraþi n. `Sinn, Verstand', fraþjan, frōþ `verstehen', frōþs `klug, verständig', aisl. frōðr, as. ags. frōd, ahd. fruot ds., mhd. vruotec, vrüetec `schnell entschlossen, munter, tapfer', nhd. schweiz. fruetig `froh, frisch, tapfer, schnell', auch ahd.frad `strenuus efficax', fradah-līh `procax'; vielleicht ahd. ant-frist `interpretatio' (*pret-sti-); lit. prantù, pràsti `gewohnt werden', su-pràsti `verstehen', prõtas `Verstand', lett.prùotu, prast `verstehen, begreifen, merken', pràts `Verstand, Sinn, Wille, Meinung, Gemüt', apr.prātin Akk. `Rat', iss-prestun `verstehen', is-presnan Akk. `Vernunft', issprettīngi Adv. `nämlich';

    toch. A pratim, В pratiṃ `Entschluß'.

References: WP. II 86, WH. I 711, Trautmann 230.
Pages: 845
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