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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furai

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 *pr̥h₂-éy, an innovative dative formation from *preh₂-.[1] Compare Latin prae, Ancient Greek παραί (paraí) and Sanskrit पुरे (pure). Alternatively from *pr̥h₃-éy or *pr̥h₃-óy, from *perh₃-.[2] In any case, ultimately from the root *per-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸu.rɑi̯/

Preposition

*furai

  1. (+dative, with locative meaning) before, in front of

Adverb

*furai

  1. before, in front

Descendants

In most of the daughter languages *furi and *furai had begun to merge in meaning and to varying degrees in form.[3]

References
  1. Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xx: “*pr̥h₃-oi”
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*furi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
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