Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurhw
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Preposition
[edit]*þurhw
- (+accusative) through
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: þurh, þuruh
- Old Frisian:
- Old Saxon: thurh
- Old Dutch: thuro
- Old High German: duruh