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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurhw

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Likely from Pre-Germanic *tr̥h₂(h₃)kʷ-, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (to cross) + *h₃ekʷ- (to see). Others take the second element to be *-kʷe. In either event related to Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras, through), तिर्यञ्च् (tiryañc, transverse, horizontal), Latin trāns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θurxʷ/

Preposition

*þurhw

  1. (+accusative) through

Descendants

  • Old English: þurh, þuruh
  • Old Frisian:
  • Old Saxon: thurh
    • Middle Low German:
      • German Low German: dörch, dör; dür (Paderbornisch); diör (Münsterländisch)
  • Old Dutch: thuro
  • Old High German: duruh

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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