Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fau
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fawaz.
Adjective edit
*fau (comparative *minniʀō, superlative *minnist)[1]
Inflection edit
wa-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *fau | ||
Genitive | *fawas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *fau | *fau | *fau |
Accusative | *fawanā | *fawā | *fau |
Genitive | *fawas | *faweʀā | *fawas |
Dative | *faumē | *faweʀē | *faumē |
Instrumental | *fau | *faweʀu | *fau |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *fawē | *fawō | *fau |
Accusative | *fawā | *fawā | *fau |
Genitive | *faweʀō | *faweʀō | *faweʀō |
Dative | *fawēm, *faum | *fawēm, *faum | *fawēm, *faum |
Instrumental | *fawēm, *faum | *fawēm, *faum | *fawēm, *faum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: fēaw, fēawa, fēawe, fēa
- Old Frisian: fē
- Old Saxon: faho, fā, fō
- Old High German: fao, fō, fōh
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173: “PWGmc nom.-acc. pl. neut. *fau, dat. pl. *faum”
- ^ “føyen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “føye” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- ^ “føje” in Den Danske Ordbog
- ^ föga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)