The Proto-Indo-European word *per-
Word *per-
Meaning before, from beside, beyond, around, about, toward
See also Linear B: pa-ra ‘preposition, before, beyond’
Carian: para- ‘forth’
Cypriot Syllabic Script: pa-ra-ke-i-me-na ‘lie by, someone/something close, present, available’
Luwian: para ‘forth, away’
Greek: πέρα ‘beyond’
Homeric Greek: περίειμι ‘to be around’
Hittite: pe-e-ra-an ‘before, in front, in advance, ahead’
C. Luwian: par-ra-an ‘before, in front of’
Avestan: pairi ‘around’
Lycian: perepñ ‘furthermore’
Avestan: parā ‘before’
Synonyms *ambhi, *de~do, *do~de, *hₐelnos, *hₐet, *h₂entbʰi-