Old Frisian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Noun edit

fiūr n

  1. fire

Declension edit

Declension of fiūr (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative fiūr fiūr
genitive fiūres fiūra
dative fiūre fiūrum, fiūrem
accusative fiūr fiūr

Descendants edit

  • Saterland Frisian: Fjúur
  • West Frisian: fjoer

References edit

  • Hofmann, Dietrich, Tjerk Popkema, Anne with co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
  • Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation 1 edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲi.ur/, [ˈɸʲɪ.ʊɾ]

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

fiur

  1. Lenited form of siur.

Pronunciation 2 edit

Noun edit

fiur

  1. dative singular of fer

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fiur ḟiur fiur
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥. Compare Old Frisian fiūr, fiōr, Old English fȳr, Old High German fiur, Old Norse fúrr, fýrr.

Noun edit

fiur n

  1. fire

Declension edit


Descendants edit