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(Cf. [[wiki:Gothic|Gothic]] '''[[wikt:𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰|𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰]]''' (''pairþra'').), | (Cf. [[wiki:Gothic|Gothic]] '''[[wikt:𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰|𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰]]''' (''pairþra'').), | ||
from [[wiki:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] '''''[[wikt:Reconstruction: Proto-Germanic/perþrō|*perþrō]]'''''. | from [[wiki:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] '''''[[wikt:Reconstruction: Proto-Germanic/perþrō|*perþrō]]'''''. | ||
A compound of '''''[[pera#Valthungian|pera]]''''' ‘pear’ and '''''[[-ðra#Valthungian|-ðra]]''''' ‘tree’. | A compound of '''''[[pera#Valthungian|pera]]''''' ‘pear’ and '''''[[-ðra#Valthungian|-ðra]]''''' ‘tree’. | ||
Revision as of 23:24, 28 June 2022
Valthungian
Template:Valthungian Pronuncation
Etymology
From Middle Valthungian preðra, from Old Valthungian preðra, from Griutungi *perþra, (Cf. Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (pairþra).), from Proto-Germanic *perþrō.
A compound of pera ‘pear’ and -ðra ‘tree’.
Noun
preðra
- chance, fortune (good or bad), luck
- pear tree
- name of the letter P
Related Terms
- preðrahwil ‘Wheel of Fortune (Tarot)’