Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furist

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Adverbial superlative to *furai, *furi.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɸu.rist/

Adverb edit

*furist (adjective *furistaz)

at first, firstly, in the first place

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *furist
- Old English: fyrst
  - Middle English: fyrst, first
    - English: first
- Old Saxon: *furist
  - Middle Low German: fȫrst, vȫrst
- Old High German: furist
Old Norse: fyrst
- Icelandic: fyrst
- Faroese: fyrst
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fyrst, først
- Old Swedish: fyrst
  - Swedish: först
- Old Danish: først, fyrst
  - Danish: først
    - Norwegian Bokmål: først