Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurhw

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Likely from Pre-Germanic *tr̥h₂(h₃)kʷ-, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to cross”) + *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”). Others take the second element to be *-kʷe. In either event related to Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras, “through”), तिर्यञ्च् (tiryañc, “transverse, horizontal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θurxʷ/

Preposition

*þurhw

(+accusative) through

Related terms

*þerhw

Descendants

Old English: þurh, þuruh
- Middle English: thurgh, thurh, thruh
  - English: through, thorough
  - Scots: throuch, thorow
Old Saxon: thurh
- Middle Low German: [Term?]
  - German Low German: dörch, dör; dür (Paderbornisch); diör (Münsterländisch)
Old Dutch: thuro
- Middle Dutch: dōre
  - Dutch: door
    - Afrikaans: deur
  - Limburgish: doear, doearch, dórch
  - West Flemish: deur
Old High German: duruh
- Middle High German: durch
  - German: durch
  - Yiddish: דורך‎ (durkh)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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