Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiþrą

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 *wíterom, adverbial accusative of *wíteros, from *wí (“apart”) +‎ *-teros (comparative).[1] Particularly close cognate with Sanskrit वितर (vitara, “(leading) further away”).[2] For the suffix development, compare *aftrą, but contrast the adjective *anþeraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wiθ.rɑ̃/

Preposition

*wiþrą

  1. toward, against [with accusative]

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wiþra(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 464
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wiþra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 590
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