through

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 559 words | Copyright

through prep. from end to end or from side to side of; by the agency or means of; adv. from end to end. OE. þurh = OS. thurh. thuru, (M)Du. door, OHG. duruh, -ih (G. durch) :- WGmc. *þurx, of which a var. *þerh is repr. by OE. (late Nhb.) þerh, þærch, Goth. þairh through, OHG. derh perforated; cf. further OE. þȳrel hole; the IE. base *tr- is seen in OIr. tre, tri, L. trans across. The metathetic forms (þruh, etc.) appear c. 1300. Comp. throughout adv. right through OE.; prep. XI. OE. þurhūt.

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