First
See also: first
English edit
Etymology edit
- As a German surname, variant of Fürst, Furst.
- As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿירשט (firsht, “prince”), a rendition of the above.
- As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, from the noun firšt (“prince”), a loanword from German and thus related to the above.
Proper noun edit
First
- A surname.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German virst, from Old High German first, perhaps ultimately from a combination of Proto-Indo-European *per- + *steh₂-, similar to Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰás (“ridge, back”), Latin postis (“doorpost”), Ancient Greek παστάς (pastás, “porch”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
First m (strong, genitive Firstes or Firsts, plural Firste)
- ridge (of a roof)
Declension edit
Declension of First [masculine, strong]
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “First”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading edit
- “First” in Duden online