Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurhw

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /θurxʷ/

Preposition

*þurhw

1. (+accusative) through

Related terms

• *þerhw

Descendants

• Old English: þurh, þuruh
  • Middle English: thurgh, thurh, thruh
    • English: through, thorough
    • Scots: throuch, thorow
• Old Frisian:
  • North Frisian: döör
  • Saterland Frisian: truch
  • West Frisian: troch
• Old Saxon: thuruh, thurh
  • Middle Low German:
    • German Low German: dörch, dör; dür (Paderbornisch); diör (Münsterländisch)
• Old Dutch: thuro
  • Middle Dutch: dōre
    • Dutch: door
      • Afrikaans: deur
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: doro
      • Jersey Dutch: dœr
      • Negerhollands: door
      • Petjo: door
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: door
      • Sranan Tongo: doro
        • Aukan: doo
        • Kwinti: doo, doro
        • Saramaccan: dóu
        • → Kari'na: dorome
      • → Caribbean Javanese: dhur, dhur-dhuran
      • → Papiamentu: dor
    • Limburgish: doear, doearch, dórch
    • West Flemish: deur
    • Zealandic: deu, deur, door
• Old High German: duruh
  • Middle High German: durch
    • German: durch
    • Hunsrik: dorrich
    • Luxembourgish: duerch
    • Yiddish: דורך (durkh)
      • → Hebrew: דוך (dukh)