Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furþą
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pre-Germanic *pŕ̥-to(m), perhaps with accent retraction from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-tó-m or *pr̥-t-ó, derived from *per- (“to cross; across, before, in front”). Compare Ancient Greek πάρ (pár), Latin por-, Sanskrit प्र् (pr).
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
*furþą
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *furþa
Related terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *forþ
- Old Norse: forð
Further reading[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “forth”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*furþ(a)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
- Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “voort1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press