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Pri only,  a  word, of which the strictly  variant pfrëcken is once recorded in late. prikkelen (prikken), ‘to prick, stitch,’ prician,  to prick, and prickle,  to  prikkel; these words are based on an  root prik, which, in spite of the initial p, cannot have been borrowed.  ,, ‘priest,’ from the  priester,  priestar (prêstar), ; corresponding to  prêstar,  priester ( preôst,  priest,  prest-r). The cognates were borrowed, at a comparatively late period, from and  presbyter ( πρεσβύτερος), or rather from its shortened variant *prêster, whence also  prêtre ( prestre), as well as  prete,  preste (likewise  cruimther). The sense, ‘elder,’ was a respectful term applied to the spiritual head of the community ( used perhaps only in addressing him); , , and also. The word was not adopted in  before the 9th  (contemporaneously with ).   ,, ‘prince (of the blood),’ from prinze, , ‘prince (sovereign ruler)’; borrowed in the 13th  from the   prince (whence also  prince,  prence), which is derived from  princeps.   ,, ‘capture, prize; pinch (of snuff)’; only, from  prise.   ,, ‘bat, racket, wooden sword of a harlequin,’ from late *britze, , which is only implied, however, by the two compounds — britzelmeister,  , ‘a harlequin carrying a wooden sword with which he directs the order of the game,’ and britzelslahen, ‘blow with the wooden sword.’ The meaning ‘wooden conch’ points to a connection between  and.   ,, ‘proof, trial, test, sample,’ from the late  prôbe, , which is derived from  proba, ‘proof’ (  épreuve).    and, see.   ,, ‘to prophesy,’ only, a derivative of  prophezîe (prophetîe), , ‘prophecy.’ Allied to  prophezieren, ‘to prophesy.’  ,, ‘provost,’ from probest, brobest,  probost, probist (provost), ‘superintendent, overseer, provost,’ a loan-word from  and  propositus (syncopated propostus), prœpositus, whence   prevosto, ‘provost,’  prevôt, ‘assistant, provost.’ The word was borrowed by  in the 9h   is a later loan-word, which, like  provoost, ‘marshal (navy), provost-marshal,’  provost, has assumed different meanings by connection with  prevost. profast agrees with the words in substituting the prefix pro for prae. .  <section begin="prüfen" /> ,, ‘to try, examine, prove, test,’ from prüeven, brüeven ( pruofte),  , ‘to demonstrate, consider, count, test, put right’; this , which is of frequent occurrence from the 12th , is based on  prover ( prouver), which is again derived, like  provare, from  prŏbâre. The abnormal üe of the  comes from East  üe (East  prüeve, from  prŏbat). prouver, éprouve, proof (even in  prôfian, ‘to demonstrate’). With regard to the treatment of ŏ in recent loan-words see further. <section end="prüfen" /> <section begin="Prügel" /> ,, ‘cudgel,’ from late brügel, , ‘club’; allied to  brüge, ‘wooden platform.’ The history of the word is obscure. <section end="Prügel" /> <section begin="Prunk" /> ,, ‘parade, ostentation,’ only,  a  word. the  pronk, which is perhaps allied to. <section end="Prunk" /> <section begin="Psittich" /> , see. <section end="Psittich" /> <section begin="Pudel" /> ,, ‘poodle, slattern; blunder,’ only; of obscure origin. <section end="Pudel" /> <section begin="Puder" /> ,, ‘powder, hair-powder,’ only, from  poudre. <section end="Puder" /> ,, ‘to puff, buffet, cuff,’ only,  a  word;   pof, ‘thrust, blow, credit’ (whence   in the sense of ‘credit’), probably allied also to bobbien, buffen, ‘to strike,’  buffet,  and ; puff (hence the meaning of , ‘puffing of a sleeve’), and to puff ( pyffan). “The close proximity of the meanings ‘to blow’ (inflate) and ‘to strike’ is not unusual; souffer and soufflet furnish a ready example; the  languages have the same stem,” though it is not necessary to assume that one was borrowed from the other; the stem buf may have originated independently as an imitative form in both groups. buffo, ‘blast of wind,’ buffettare, ‘to snort,’ bofetada, ‘box on the ear.’ <section begin="Puls" /> ,, ‘pulse,’ from the late  puls,  and ;  pulsus (akin to pulsare, ‘to beat’), ‘beat’ (of the pulse),<section end="Puls" />