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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furbēn

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

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *prep- (to appear),[1] or perhaps Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (to clean),[2] cognate with Hittite 𒈦𒆪𒉿𒀭𒍣 (pár-ku-wa-an-zi /⁠parkuwanzi⁠/, to make clean, to clear).

Verb

*furbēn

  1. to clean

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *furbēn
1st sg. past *furb?dā
Infinitive *furbēn
Genitive infin. *furbēnijas
Dative infin. *furbēnijē
Instrum. infin. *furbēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *furbē *furb?dā
2nd singular *furbēs *furb?dēs, *furb?dēs
3rd singular *furbēþ *furb?dē, *furb?dā
1st plural *furbēm *furb?dum
2nd plural *furbēþ *furb?dud
3rd plural *furbēnþ *furb?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *furbē *furb?dī
2nd singular *furbēs *furb?dī
3rd singular *furbē *furb?dī
1st plural *furbēm *furb?dīm
2nd plural *furbēþ *furb?dīd
3rd plural *furbēn *furb?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *furbē
Plural *furbēþ
Present Past
Participle *furbēndī *furb?d

Descendants

  • Old English: *feorbian, *feorfian, feormian
    • Middle English: fermen
      • English: farm (to cleanse, clean or clear out, empty)
  • Old Saxon: furbian, furvian
  • Old High German: furbēn
    • Middle High German: vurben, vürben
      • German: fürben
  • Old French: forbir, fourbir, furbir

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “prep-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 845
  2. Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) “?*perkʷ-¹”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²
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