Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furai
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-éy, an innovative dative formation from *preh₂-.[1] Compare Latin prae, Ancient Greek παραί (paraí) and Sanskrit पुरे (pure). Alternatively from *pr̥h₃-éy or *pr̥h₃-óy, from *perh₃-.[2] In any case, ultimately from the root *per-.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
*furai
- (+dative, with locative meaning) before, in front of
Adverb edit
*furai
- before, in front
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.[3]
- Proto-West Germanic: *forē
- Old Norse: fyrir (probably merged completely with *furi)
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (faura)
References edit
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xx: “*pr̥h₃-oi”
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*furi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161