Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/firsti
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *firstiz.
Noun
edit*firsti m[1]
Inflection
editi-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *firsti | |
Genitive | *firstī | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *firsti | *firstī |
Accusative | *firsti | *firstī |
Genitive | *firstī | *firstijō |
Dative | *firstī | *firstim, *firstijum |
Instrumental | *firstī | *firstim, *firstijum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: first, fierst, fyrst
- Old Saxon: first
- Old Dutch: *first
- Old High German: first
- → Old French: feste
- French: faîte
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 248: “PWGmc *firsti”