Where does “þurh” come from?

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

þurh (Old Saxon): through, by means of

Definitions

  1. through, by means of

Ancestry of “þurh”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þurh”

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