furh
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Old High German furh and Old Norse for.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
furh f
Declension edit
Declension of furh (strong consonant stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō, from Proto-Indo-European *pérk-u-s ~ *pr̥kʷ-éw-s (“oak”). Cognate with Old Norse fura.
Noun edit
furh f
Declension edit
Declension of furh (strong consonant stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “furh”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “furh”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs.
Noun edit
furh f