< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/under
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From a merger of two originally distinct suffixes as a result of Verner's law: Pre-Germanic *untér and *undʰér, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér (“inside”), from which also Latin inter and *h₁n̥dʰér (“under”), whence Latin īnfrā, Sanskrit अध (adhá, “below”), Ossetian дӕлӕ (dælæ, “below”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈun.der/
Preposition
*under
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