Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *fērōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_fērō
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A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003Indogermanisches etymologisches WörterbuchJuliusPokornyFrancke VerlagI1959πεῖρᾰtrial*per-to try, dare, risk
nounfeminineō-stemdangerFrom a lengthened grade root of Proto-Indo-European *per- (‘to try, dare, risk’) with the semantic shift being ‘malicious attempt, stalking’ → ‘danger’ → ‘fear’ Pokorny 1959. Compare Old Armenian փորձ (pʻorj, ‘attempt’), Ancient Greek πεῖρᾰ (peîră, ‘trial’) Orel 2003.