Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faih
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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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured”).
Adjective edit
*faih
Inflection edit
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *faih | ||
| Genitive | *faihas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faih | *faihu | *faih |
| Accusative | *faihanā | *faihā | *faih |
| Genitive | *faihas | *faiheʀā | *faihas |
| Dative | *faihumē | *faiheʀē | *faihumē |
| Instrumental | *faihu | *faiheʀu | *faihu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faihē | *faihō | *faihu |
| Accusative | *faihā | *faihā | *faihu |
| Genitive | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō |
| Dative | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum |
| Instrumental | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“hostile”).
Adjective edit
*faih[1]
Inflection edit
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *faih | ||
| Genitive | *faihas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faih | *faihu | *faih |
| Accusative | *faihanā | *faihā | *faih |
| Genitive | *faihas | *faiheʀā | *faihas |
| Dative | *faihumē | *faiheʀē | *faihumē |
| Instrumental | *faihu | *faiheʀu | *faihu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faihē | *faihō | *faihu |
| Accusative | *faihā | *faihā | *faihu |
| Genitive | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō |
| Dative | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum |
| Instrumental | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *faih”