Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferudi

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

From Proto-Indo-European *peruti (“last year”), from a compound of *per (“across, on the other side”) + *uti, locative singular to *wet- (“year”). Compare Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi, “last year”), Sanskrit परुत् (parut, “last year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.ru.ði/

Adverb

*ferudi

1. last year, a year ago

Descendants

• Old High German:
  • Middle High German: vert
    • Alemannic German: fëret
    • Cimbrian: vèart, bèart
    • German: fert
• Old Norse: fjǫrð, fjorð, fjörð
  • Old Norse: í fjǫrð
    • Icelandic: í fyrra
    • Faroese: í fjør
    • Norwegian: i fjor
    • Old Swedish: fiordh
      • Swedish: i fjol, i fjor
    • Danish: i fjor

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN