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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ferh

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ferhuz, *ferhwą.

Noun

*ferh m or n[1][2]

  1. life

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ferh
Genitive *ferhas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ferh *ferhō, *ferhōs
Accusative *ferh *ferhā
Genitive *ferhas *ferhō
Dative *ferhē *ferhum
Instrumental *ferhu *ferhum
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ferh
Genitive *ferhas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ferh *ferhu
Accusative *ferh *ferhu
Genitive *ferhas *ferhō
Dative *ferhē *ferhum
Instrumental *ferhu *ferhum

Descendants
  • Old English: feorh, feorg
    • Middle English: feor, fere
  • Old Frisian: ferch
  • Old Saxon: ferh, ferah
  • Old High German: ferah
    • Middle High German: vërch
      • German: Ferch (obsolete)

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *ferh ‘life’, gen. sg. *ferhas”
  2. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313: “PWGmc *ferh(u?)”
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