Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferudi

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

From Proto-Indo-European *peruti (“last year”), from a compound of *per (“across, on the other side”) + *uti, locative singular to *wet- (“year”). Compare Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi, “last year”), Sanskrit परुत् (parut, “last year”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.ru.ði/

Adverb

*ferudi

last year, a year ago

Descendants

Old High German: [Term?]
- Middle High German: vert
  - Alemannic German: fëret
  - Cimbrian: bèart
  - German: fert
Old Norse: fjǫrð, fjorð, fjörð
- Icelandic: í fyrra
- Faroese: í fjør
- Norwegian: i fjor
- Old Swedish: fiordh
  - Swedish: i fjol, i fjor
- Danish: i fjor

References

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

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