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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *prAwǝ-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to jump, to frisk
Old Indian: pravate `to spring up, reach to', pravá- `fluttering, hovering', upa-prút- `flowing or rushing near'
Slavic: *prɨ̄tь, *prɨ̄tъkъ(jь)
Germanic: *fraw-a- adj.
Russ. meaning: подпрыгивать, резвиться
References: WP II 87 f (different in Vasm.)
Comments: Cf. *prAw- `frog'.
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: прыть
Near etymology: ж., пры́ткий, пры́ток, прытка́, пры́тко, блр. прыць ж., др.-польск. рrусiас́ "спешить" (Брюкнер., AfslPh 11, 138), польск. prytnąć "вскочить".
Further etymology: Родственно лит. spráusti, spráudžiu "втискивать", sprū́sti, sprū́stu, sprū́dau "скользнуть, выскользнуть, ускользнуть", лтш. spraûtiês, spraûjuôs "подниматься, прорастать (о картофеле)", лит. spraũnas "веселый, свежий, бодрый", ср.-в.-н. sрriеʒеn "давать побеги", гот. sprautô "быстрый", англос. spréwlian "барахтаться", англ. sprawl "растянуть", кимр. ffrwst "торопливость" (Траутман, ВSW 277; KZ 50, 67; Перссон 874; Маценауэр, LF 14, 173; Файст 446; Педерсен, Kelt. Gr. 1, 81). Далее Потебня (РФВ 4, 218), Соболевский (Лекции 120) пытаются сблизить это слово с пруд (см.), исходя из первонач. *прыдь. Ошибочна реконструкция *prygtь (Ягич, AfslPh 1, 432), потому что в таком случае ожидалось бы *прычь. Польск. sрrуt "сообразительность", sprytny "ловкий, сметливый, сообразительный", которые Миклошич (Мi. ЕW 266) пытался отнести сюда же, объясняются как заимств. из франц. esprit "ум" (Малиновский, РF 5, 620 и сл.; Брюкнер 510).
Trubachev's comments: [Георгиев (Въпроси, 22) предлагает для слав. слов иное объяснение из *рrурt-, куда также относит болг. при́п(к)ам "бегу". -- Т.]
Pages: 3,391-392
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *frawa-
Meaning: quick, glad
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: frā-r, frō-r `hurtig, schnell'
Old Swedish: Run. frawarāδaR
Middle English: frow, frough 'lebhaft, frisch'
Old Frisian: OEFris frē, OWFris frō `verheugd'
Old Saxon: frā, { fraho }, frō, { fruo } `froh', adv. frōlīko
Middle Dutch: vrō; vrouwen, vrōien
Dutch: vrolijk
Middle Low German: vrōlik; vrowen, vrouwen
Old High German: frō, gen. frawes (8.Jh.) { frao, frō (frawēr) `strenuus, alacer (Gl.); froh' }; frouwen, frewen (9.Jh.); frawalīh, frōlīh (9.Jh.), frawēn, frōēn 'sich freuen' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: vrō, comp. vrōwer, vrȫwer, vrōer, vrȫer 'froh, heiter, erfreut'; vrȫlich adj. 'froh, fröhlich, heiter, erfreut'; vröuwen, vrouwen, vrowen, vreuwen , vrewen, vröun, vreun wk. 'froh machen, erfreuen'
German: froh, fröhlich, freuen
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṗVrV
Meaning: shake, jump
Indo-European: *prAwǝ- (+ *(s)pruk-, -g- 3205)
Altaic: *p`ŭ́ri
Uralic: ObU *porɣa 'jump'
Kartvelian: *pertx-
Dravidian: *pir_-
References: Bomhard 1996, 149; ND 1802 *[ṗ]VŕdV(χ/qV) 'to quiver, tremble, start' (Kartv., Drav. + IE *sperǝdh- + Arab.); 1803 *[ṗ]Uŕ(ü)gE 'to jump'.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *p`ŭ́ri
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to shake
Russian meaning: трясти
Turkic: *ur-
Mongolian: *(h)üre-
Tungus-Manchu: *por-
Japanese: *púrú-p-
Comments: Mong. also has a back variant *(h)uri-, reflected in *(h)uri-ldu- 'to contest, fight' (WMong. urildu-, uraldu-, Khalkha uralda-) = PT *uru-ĺč- id.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *ur-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to beat, hit 2 to pour, strew
Russian meaning: 1 бить, ударять 2 сыпать
Old Turkic: ur- (Orkh., OUygh.) 1
Karakhanid: ur- (MK, KB) 1
Turkish: vur- 1
Tatar: ŭr- 1
Middle Turkic: ur- (Abush., Pav. C.) 1
Uzbek: ur- 1
Uighur: ur- 1
Azerbaidzhan: vur- 1
Turkmen: ur- 1
Khakassian: ur- 2
Shor: ur- 2
Oyrat: ur- 2
Halaj: hur- 1
Chuvash: vъʷr- 1
Tuva: ur- 2
Kirghiz: ur- 1
Kazakh: ŭr- 1
Noghai: ur- 1
Bashkir: ŭr- 1
Balkar: ur- 1
Gagauz: ur- 1
Karaim: ur- 1
Karakalpak: ur- 1
Kumyk: ur- 1
Comments: EDT 194-195, VEWT 515, ЭСТЯ 1, 599-600.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *(h)üre-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to strew, scatter
Russian meaning: рассыпать; устранять, разрушать
Written Mongolian: üre- (L 1011)
Khalkha: üre-
Buriat: üri-
Kalmuck: ürɛ̄- 'demolish'
Ordos: ürē- 'faire subir une perte'
Comments: KW 459.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *por-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to hit, strike
Russian meaning: бить, ударять
Spoken Manchu: f́ori- 'to pound, to beat' (1582)
Literary Manchu: fori-
Comments: ТМС 2, 301. Attested only in Manchu, but having probable external parallels. {Here also with probability PTM *purk- 'to jump up, jump on smth." (ТМС 2, 353).}
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *púrú-p-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to shake; to sieve
Russian meaning: трясти; просеивать
Old Japanese: puru-p-
Middle Japanese: fúrú-f-
Tokyo: fùru-
Kyoto: fúrú-
Kagoshima: furú-
Comments: JLTT 695.
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *pertx-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: трясти
English meaning: to shake
Georgian: pertx-
Megrel: partx-
Svan: ptx-, pǝtx-
Laz: patx-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 188, EWK 354-355. Ср. алт. *p`[ia]ru 'трясти(сь)', драв. *pir_- 'дрожать'. Картв. и драв. формы сопоставлены в Бомхард 1996, 149 (автор привлекает также ПИЕ *perk- ~ *perg- 'бояться', что весьма сомнительно). Неясна суффиксация в картвельском.
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *pir_-
Meaning : to tremble
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *pir_-
Proto-Telugu : *pir_-ik-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *pir_-
Meaning : to tremble
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : pir_aẓ (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to tremble
Tamil derivates : pir_aẓcci, pir_aẓvu shivering, trembling; pir_akkam awe, fear; pir_appu fear, alarm
Kannada : pir_iki
Kannada meaning : coward
Number in DED : 4200
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *pir_-ik-
Meaning : coward; timid, cowardly
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : pir_iki
Number in DED : 4200
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