Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furi

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

Category:Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FURICategory:Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂-#FURI

From Pre-Germanic *pr̥h₂-i, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FURI *preh₂- (“before, in front”).[1]

Pronunciation

Preposition

*furiCategory:Proto-Germanic lemmas#FURICategory:Proto-Germanic prepositions#FURICategory:Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header#FURICategory:Pages with entries#FURICategory:Pages with 1 entry#FURI

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

Adverb

*furi (comparative *furiz, superlative *furist)Category:Proto-Germanic lemmas#FURICategory:Proto-Germanic adverbs#FURICategory:Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header#FURICategory:Pages with entries#FURICategory:Pages with 1 entry#FURI

  1. before, forward

Descendants

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

References

  1. ↑ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*furi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Proto-Germanic adverbs Category:Proto-Germanic lemmas Category:Proto-Germanic prepositions Category:Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂- Category:Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation