Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiþrą

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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 *wi-tero-s, from *wi (apart) +‎ *-teros.

Pronunciation

Preposition

*wiþrą

  1. toward, against

Descendants

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wiþra(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 464