Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fruht

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fructus.

Noun

*fruht m

fruit
Synonyms: *applu, *obaet

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fruht
Genitive	*frohtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fruht	*fruhtu
Accusative	*fruht	*fruhtu
Genitive	*frohtas	*frohtō
Dative	*fruhtē	*fruhtum
Instrumental	*fruhtu	*fruhtum

Alternative reconstructions

*fruhti f

Descendants

Old Frisian: frucht
- North Frisian: frücht
- Saterland Frisian: Frucht
- West Frisian: frucht
Old Saxon: fruht
- Middle Low German: vrucht, frucht, vrocht
  - German Low German: Frucht
  - Plautdietsch: Frucht
  - → Old Norse: fruktr
    - Danish: frugt
      - → Faroese: frukt
    - Norwegian: frukt
    - Old Swedish: frukt
      - Swedish: frukt
Old Dutch: fruht
- Middle Dutch: vrucht
  - Dutch: vrucht
    - Afrikaans: vrug
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: fruktu
    - Jersey Dutch: vrœxt
    - Negerhollands: vrucht, vrygt
    - Petjo: fruh
    - → Javanese: fruktu
    - → Sranan Tongo: froktu, fruktu (see there for further descendants)
  - Limburgish: vröch
Old High German: fruht
- Middle High German: fruht, vruht
  - Alemannic German: Frucht
  - Bavarian: Frucht
  - Central Franconian: Frooch, Frocht, Frut, Fruucht
    Hunsrik: Frucht
    
    Luxembourgish: Fruucht
  - East Central German:
    Vilamovian: fru̇ht
  - German: Frucht
  - Rhine Franconian: Frocht, Froucht, Frucht, Fruucht
  - Yiddish: פֿרוכט (frukht)