First

First
First Sm (auch f.) erw. fach. (8. Jh.), mhd. virst, ahd. first m./f.( ?), mndl. verste Stammwort. Aus wg. * fersti- m. "First", auch in ae. first. Das Wort erklärt sich zwanglos aus ig. * per- "heraus, hervor" und einer schwundstufigen Ableitung von ig. * sthā- "stehen", also * per-sthə-i- "der Hervorstehende". Entsprechend sind gebildet ai. pṛṣṭhá- n. "hervorstehender Rücken, Gipfel" (*pṛ-sthə-ó-) und wohl auch l. postis, gr. pastás f. "(Tür)Pfosten, Pfeiler, Vorhalle" ( * por-sthə-i- und * pṛ-sthə-). S. auch Forst.
Osthoff, H. IF 8 (1897), 1-29;
Tiefenbach (1973), 34-38;
RGA 9 (1995), 115f. westgermanisch iz.

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