Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiþrą
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *wíterom, adverbial accusative of *wíteros, from *wi (“apart”) + *-teros (comparative).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]*wiþrą
- toward, against [with accusative]
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *wiþr
- Old Norse: við, viðr
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰 (wiþra)
Further reading
[edit]- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wiþra(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 464