Where does “þærh” come from?

þærh (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þurhw, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

þærh (Old English): through, for, during, by, by means of, by use of,...

Definitions

  1. through, for, during, by, by means of, by use of,...

Ancestry of “þærh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþurhwthrough
2Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥h₂kʷe—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

Words derived from “þærh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurhw →