Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/farn
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editEtymonline's sources (such as Watkins) derive this word from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“feather”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to traverse; go across”). However, Kroonen instead reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH-,[1] a root whose morphology is subject to heated debate. See there for more.
In any case, cognate to Latvian papartis, Proto-Celtic *ɸratis, Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇa), and Proto-Slavic *paportь.
Noun
edit*farn m or n
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *farn | |
Genitive | *farnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *farn | *farnō, *farnōs |
Accusative | *farn | *farnā |
Genitive | *farnas | *farnō |
Dative | *farnē | *farnum |
Instrumental | *farnu | *farnum |
Neuter a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *farn | |
Genitive | *farnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *farn | *farnu |
Accusative | *farn | *farnu |
Genitive | *farnas | *farnō |
Dative | *farnē | *farnum |
Instrumental | *farnu | *farnum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: fearn
- Old Frisian: *farn
- Old Saxon: farn
- Old Dutch: farn
- Old High German: farn, faran, faram
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 129-130
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- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns
- Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns
- Proto-West Germanic nouns with multiple genders
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- Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns
- Proto-West Germanic neuter a-stem nouns