Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *prek'-, *perk'-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

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'

Slavic: *prosī́tī, *-prosъ

Baltic: *pir̃č- (*per̃č-a-) vb. tr., *pirč-l-ia- m., -iā̃ f., *prač-ī̂- vb.

Germanic: *fur-sk-ō(n-) f.; *frix-n-a-/*frig-n-a- vb., *frig-n-ia- vb., *frix-t=, *frikk-jan- m., *frēg-ṓn- f., *frēg-ō- vb.; *firg-ṓ- vb., etc.

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)

References: WP II 44 f