Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurhw
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Preposition edit
*þurhw
- (+accusative) through
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: þurh, þuruh
- Old Frisian:
- Old Saxon: thurh
- Old Dutch: thuro
- Old High German: duruh