Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/feurþō

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, with -d- removed by analogy with *feuwar.

Adjective edit

*feurþō

fourth

Inflection edit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Old English: fēorþa, fēorða, fēowerþa
- Middle English: feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe, ferthe, fourthe, ferþe, fourþe, feurþe, fourte, ferth, fferth, fourth, fourt, verþe, firþe, firthe, fuyrthe; feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe; IIII^th
  - English: fourth
  - Scots: fourt
  - Yola: vourthe
Old Frisian: fiārda
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: fjuard
  Helgoland: fear
  Sylt: fjåårt
- Saterland Frisian: fjädde, fjoode
- West Frisian: fjirde
Old Saxon: fiortho
- Middle Low German: vêrde
  - Dutch Low Saxon: veerte
  - German Low German: feerde, feerd
Old Dutch: *fiortho
- Middle Dutch: vierde
  - Dutch: vierde
    - Afrikaans: vierde
    - Negerhollands: veerde, vierde, firrde
  - Limburgish: veerdje
Old High German: fiordo
- Middle High German: vierde, vierte
  - Cimbrian: viarte
  - German: vierte
  - Luxembourgish: véiert
  - Yiddish: פֿערט (fert)