Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/firstiz

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

Alternative forms

• *furstiz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *perst-, *porst- (“post, finger, peak”). Cognate with Latin postis (“post, doorpost”), Lithuanian pirštas (“finger, toe, pin, cam”), Russian перст (perst, “finger, digit”), Ancient Greek παρστάς (parstás), παστάς (pastás, “portico, porch, inner chamber, bower”).

Noun

*firstiz m

1. ridgepole

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *firstiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*firstiz	*firstīz
vocative	*firsti	*firstīz
accusative	*firstį	*firstinz
genitive	*firstīz	*firstijǫ̂
dative	*firstī	*firstimaz
instrumental	*firstī	*firstimiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *firsti
  • Old English: first, fierst, fyrst
    • Middle English: first, virst
      • Scots: first
  • Old Saxon: first
    • Middle Low German: verst
      • Low German: verst
  • Old Dutch: *first
    • Middle Dutch: verste
      • Dutch: verste (obsolete)
  • Old High German: first
    • Middle High German: virst, vierst, vërst, virste
      • Cimbrian: biarst
      • German: First
      • Luxembourgish: Fiischt
  • → Old French: feste
    • French: faîte