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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-éy, an innovative dative formation from *preh₂-. Compare Latin prae, Ancient Greek παραί (paraí) and Sanskrit पुरे (pure). Alternatively from *pr̥h₃-éy or *pr̥h₃-óy, from *perh₃-.[3] In any case, ultimately from the root *per-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸu.rɑi̯/

Preposition

*furai[4] [with dative]

  1. before (spatial and temporal)
  2. for (benefactive)
  3. for (causal): because 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.[5]

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 650
  2. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “voor2”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xx: “*pr̥h₃-oi”
  4. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
  5. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*furi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
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