*firi-
Runic: ᚠᛁᚱᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈɸi.ri/prefix
Function
- around
- through, across
- expresses intensive or perfective meaning
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pér-i (‘around’), locative of *pér- (‘through’) (Dunkel 2014). Cognates include Sanskrit परि (pári) (pári, ‘around, round; about; against, towards’), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (pairi) (pairi, ‘around, with’), Ancient Greek περί (perí) (perí, ‘about; concerning; because of; around; for; about’), Latin per, (‘through, by means of; throughout, during’), Old Church Slavonic prě-, Old Prussian per-, (‘through’), Proto-Celtic *ɸeri- (‘around, peri-’), and Albanian për (‘for, through’).
Descendants
- fyr- (Old English)
- firi- (Old High German)
- 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂- (fair-) (Gothic)