The Proto-Indo-European word *per(hₓ)-
Word *per(hₓ)-
Meaning first
See also Avestan: paoiriia- ‘first’

Comments
Mallory J.P. and Adams D. (2006)

Other words that might be of interest
*hₓok̂tṓ(u) ‘eight’, *trei- ‘three’, *dwoi- ‘group of two, two’, *h₁oinos ‘one’, *kʷetwóres (m), kʷetwesóres (f), kʷetwōr (n) ‘four’, *(h₁)néwn̥ ‘nine’, *pénkʷe ‘five’, *sem- ‘one’, *septḿ̥ ‘seven’, *septm̥-k̂ómt-h₂ ‘seventy’, *kswek̂s ‘six’, *tréies (m), trisóres (f), treih₂ (n) tri- [prefix] ‘three’, *dwéh₃(u) ‘two’, *h₁newh₁m̥(h₁néwh₁n̥?) ‘nine’, *tréyes ‘three’, *trī-k̂omt(hₐ) ‘thirty’, *kswek̂s-k̂omt(hₐ) ‘sixty’, *kʷetwóres ‘four’, *dwiyos~dwitos ‘second’, *h₁newh₁m̥m/n̥-mos ‘ninth’, *hₓok̂towós ‘eighth’, *kswek̂sos ‘sixth’, *kʷturyós~kʷetwortos ‘fourth’, *pn̥kʷtós ‘fifth’, *septm̥-mós ‘seventh’, *triyós ‘third’