Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fau
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *fawaz.
Adjective
edit*fau (comparative *minniʀō, superlative *minnist)[1]
Inflection
edit| wa-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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”