[pɛh₍ɛ₎lā], adj. num.; ppn. (obl.); adv. (obl.) first, previous, former; previously, first.
[◀MIA: Pk. pahillaï ‘makes first’ ◀OIA *prathilla- ‘first’ <prathamá- ‘first’ RV. ◀PIE *per ‘to go over; over, forward, in front of, before’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. far, for, forth, further, fore ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. per, proud, proof, private, proper, prime ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0288; (Turner, 1966) 8652, 8648; (MW, 1899) 0678; (Pokorny, 1959) 0810; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.179
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