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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸu.ri/

Preposition

*furi

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

Adverb

*furi (comparative *furiz, superlative *furist)

  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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
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