"pres-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See pres- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

Etymology: Possibly an extension of *per- (“to attempt, try, risk”), but this is guesswork.
  1. to press Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *bʰedʰ-, *dʰen-, *gen-, *gremH-, *(s)tewk-, *trenkʷ-
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*pres-s-t (s-aorist)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*pressai"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *pressai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *pressai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "pressī"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: pressī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: pressī"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*pres-lo-m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*preslom"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *preslom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *preslom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "prēlum"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: prēlum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: prēlum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*premō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *premō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *premō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "premō"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: premō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: premō (on the model of tremō)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly an extension of *per- (“to attempt, try, risk”), but this is guesswork.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pres-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European CReC-shape roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to press"
      ],
      "id": "en-pres--ine-pro-root-mQkD5~LJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*bʰedʰ-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*dʰen-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*gen-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*gremH-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*(s)tewk-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*trenkʷ-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pres-"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*pres-s-t (s-aorist)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*pressai"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *pressai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *pressai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "pressī"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: pressī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: pressī"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*pres-lo-m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*preslom"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *preslom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *preslom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "prēlum"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: prēlum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: prēlum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*premō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *premō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *premō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "premō"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: premō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: premō (on the model of tremō)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly an extension of *per- (“to attempt, try, risk”), but this is guesswork.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pres-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Proto-Indo-European CReC-shape roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to press"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*bʰedʰ-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*dʰen-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*gen-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*gremH-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*(s)tewk-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*trenkʷ-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pres-"
}

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