Proto-IE: *prek'-, *perk'-
Meaning: to ask, to woo
Tokharian: A, B pärk- (PT *pärk-) 'ask, question' (Adams 371)
Old Indian: pr̥ccháti, ptc. prṣṭá- `to ask, question'; pr̥cchā f. `asking, question'; praśná- m. `question, demand'
Avestan: pǝrǝsaiti `fragt, begehrt', ptc. paršta-; frašna- m. `Befragung, Frage'
Other Iranian: OPers aparsan `ich frug'
Armenian: harch `Frage', harchanem `ich frage'; harzn `Braut, Neuvermählte, Schwiegertochter'
Latin: poscō, -ere, poposcī `fordern, ausbitten, verlange; biete; vor Gericht fordern, herausfordern; forschen, fragen, anrufen'; postulāre `verlangen, fordern'; procus, -ī m. `Freier', prex f. `Gebet, Bitte', precārī `beten, bitten'
Other Italic: Umbr pepurkurent `rogāverint, dēcrēverint', peperscust `precātus erit', persklu, pesklu `supplicātiōne'; pe(r)snimu, persnihimu `precātor', persnis fust `precātus erit'
Celtic: *hark- > OIr imm-chom-arc `gegenseitiges Fragen, Begrüssen', Ir arco `ich bitte'; Cymr archaf `ich bitte', Corn arghaf `ich bitte', MBret archas `il commanda'
Russ. meaning: просить; сватать(ся)
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