The Avestan word parā
Word parā
Meaning before
See also Linear B: pa-ra ‘preposition, before, beyond’
Proto-Indo-European: *per- ‘before, from beside, beyond, around, about, toward’
Hittite: pe-e-ra-an ‘before, in front, in advance, ahead’
C. Luwian: par-ra-an ‘before, in front of’