Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/furi-

Prefix usage

I'm not 100% sure on these uses, but considering the adverbs and prepositions it makes sense. From the Gothic verbs, 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂- (faur-), as originally allative in meaning, seems to be used more with motion forward, where 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰- (faura-), being originally locative, seems to be used more with a set location in time or space, "beforehand", "in front of". So more or less, I would guess the difference between the two prefixes would be the difference between forth-/pro- and fore-/pre-.

Although Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂- (faur-) shows other meanings as well, 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (faurqiþan, “to gainsay; to excuse”) seems to mean both "to speak against" as well as "to speak for, on behalf of", and 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (faurdammjan, “to dam up, stop up”), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (faurmuljan, “to bind up one's mouth, to muzzle”) show perfective meaning, I think.

As I said, I'm not 100% on this, this is just what I could come up with so far. Anglom (talk) 05:21, 15 September 2014 (UTC)