Appendix:Proto-Germanic/ferhwō

This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“to surround; the world; body, life; spirit; strength; tree”).

Noun

*ferhwō f

1. body, life

Declension

Declension of *ferhwō (ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ferhwō	*ferhwôz
Vocative	*ferhwō	*ferhwôz
Accusative	*ferhwǭ	*ferhwōz
Genitive	*ferhwōz	*ferhwǫ̂
Dative	*ferhwōi	*ferhwōmaz
Instrumental	*ferhwō	*ferhwōmiz

Derived terms

• *fermō
• *firhwiþō

Descendants

• Old English: feorh, feorg; (*fierhþ, fyrhþ, ferhþ, ferht < *firhwiþō); (feorm < *fermō); (ǣfre < ā + in fēore)
  • Middle English: feor; ferme; æfre, evere
    • Scots: ferm; ever, evir
    • English: feorm, farm; ever
• Old Frisian: ferch
• Old Saxon: ferh, ferah
• Old High German: ferah
  • Middle High German: vërch
    • German: Ferch
• Old Norse: fjǫr
  • Icelandic: fjör