*þurhw

Runic: ᚦᚢᚱᚺᚹ Pronunciation: /ˈθurxʷ/

preposition

Meanings

through

Etymology

Likely from Pre-Germanic *tr̥h₂(h₃)kʷ-, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (‘to cross’) + *h₃ekʷ- (‘to see’). Others take the second element to be *-kʷe. In either event related to Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras) (tiras, ‘through’), तिर्यञ्च् (tiryañc, ‘transverse, horizontal’), Latin trāns.

Descendants

  • þurh (Old English)
    • thurgh, thurh, thruh (Middle English)
      • through, thorough (English)
      • throuch, thorow (Scots)
  • þuruh (Old English)
    • thurgh, thurh, thruh (Middle English)
      • through, thorough (English)
      • throuch, thorow (Scots)
  • ? (Old Frisian)
    • döör (North Frisian)
    • truch (Saterland Frisian)
    • troch (West Frisian)
  • thuruh (Old Saxon)
    • ? (Middle Low German)
      • dörch, dör, dür, diör (German Low German)
  • thurh (Old Saxon)
    • ? (Middle Low German)
      • dörch, dör, dür, diör (German Low German)
  • thuro (Old Dutch)
    • dōre (Middle Dutch)
      • doear, doearch, dórch (Limburgish)
      • deur (West Flemish)
      • deu, deur, door (Zealandic)
  • thuro (Old Dutch)
    • dōre (Middle Dutch)
      • door (Dutch)
        • deur (Afrikaans)
        • doro (Berbice Creole Dutch)
        • dhur, dhur-dhuran (Caribbean Javanese)
        • dœr (Jersey Dutch)
        • door (Negerhollands)
        • dor (Papiamentu)
        • door (Petjo)
        • door (Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • thuro (Old Dutch)
    • dōre (Middle Dutch)
      • door (Dutch)
        • doro (Sranan Tongo)
          • doo, Kari'na: dorome (Aukan)
          • doo, doro (Kwinti)
          • dóu (Saramaccan)
  • duruh (Old High German)
    • durch (Middle High German)
      • durch (German)
      • dorrich (Hunsrik)
      • duerch (Luxembourgish)
  • duruh (Old High German)
    • durch (Middle High German)
      • דורך (durkh) (Yiddish)
        • דוך (dukh) (Hebrew)

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