Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furi

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Pre-Germanic *pr̥h₂-i, from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸu.ri/

Preposition

*furi

1. (+accusative, with allative meaning) for, before

Adverb

*furi

1. before, forward

Related terms

• *furai
• *furiz
• *furist

Descendants

In most of the daughter languages *furi and *furai had begun to merge in meaning and to varying degrees in form.

• Old English: for, fore (in meaning, but having mostly merged with *furai)
  • Middle English: for
    • English: for
• Old Frisian: fori, for
• Old Saxon: furi
  • Middle Low German:
    • Low German: för
• Old Dutch: furi, fure
  • Middle Dutch: vuere, vuer
    • Dutch: veur (dialectal)
• Old High German: furi
  • Middle High German: vür
    • German: für
    • Central Franconian: für, vür (fully merged)
    • Luxembourgish: fir
  • Yiddish: פֿאַר‏ (far)
• Old Norse: fyrir (probably with analogical -ir based on eptir, yfir, undir)
  • Old Swedish: fyri(r), for
    • Swedish: före, för
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 (faur)

References

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