*-drê
Runic: -ᛞᚱᛖ Pronunciation: /ðrɛːː/suffix · forms adverbs
Function
forms allative place adverbs indicating motion toward a deictic or interrogative goal, as in ‘hither’, ‘thither’, and ‘whither’
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tre + *eh₁, made up of the directional adverbial ending *-tre and the emphatic particle *eh₁. The broader PIE ending *-tro/e is also reflected by Sanskrit -त्र (-tra) (Dunkel 2014: 58, 217).
Descendants
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-der (Old English)
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-der (Middle English)
- -ther (English)
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-der (Middle English)
- -ðra (Old Norse)
- -𐌳𐍂𐌴 (-drē) (Gothic)