Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furi
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Pre-Germanic *pr̥h₂-i, from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
*furi
Adverb edit
*furi (comparative *furiz, superlative *furist)
- before, forward
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
In most of the daughter languages *furi and *furai had begun to merge in meaning and to varying degrees in form.
- Proto-West Germanic: *furi
- Old Norse: fyrir, fyr (probably with analogical -ir based on eptir, yfir, undir)
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 (faur)