π³πΉπ-
Appearance
Gothic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *twiz-, and doublet of ππ πΉπ- (twis-). Since the form lacks the expected effects of Grimm's law, it has often been conjectured to have been borrowed from or influenced by Latin dis-; however it doesn't normally appear appended to roots borrowed from Latin, but instead shows correspondences with other Germanic terms prefixed with *twiz-.[1] The voiced onset can thus be explained as irregular lenition due to the unstressed syllable. The exact details, however, are unclear. Cognate to German zer-.
Prefix
[edit]- apart, asunder, dis-
- π³πΉπ- (dis-) + π πΉπ»π π°π½ (wilwan, βto plunder, robβ) β π³πΉππ πΉπ»π π°π½ (diswilwan, βto plunder completely, spoilβ),
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) βzer-β, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches WΓΆrterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, βISBN