Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furkō

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 *furcō, furca.

Noun

*furkō m

1. fork

   Synonym: *gabulu

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*forkō
Genitive	*furkini, *forkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*forkō	*forkan
Accusative	*forkan	*forkan
Genitive	*furkini, *forkan	*forkanō
Dative	*furkini, *forkan	*furkum
Instrumental	*furkini, *forkan	*furkum

Descendants

• Old English: forca, force
  • Middle English: forke, fork, furke, forch, fourch
    • English: fork (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: fork
    • Yola: vork
• Old Frisian: forke
  • North Frisian: forck
  • Saterland Frisian: Fúurke, Fouerke (Strukelje)
  • West Frisian: foarke
• Old Saxon: furka
  • Middle Low German: vorke
    • → German: Forke
• Old Dutch: furka
  • Middle Dutch: vorke
    • Dutch: vork
      • Afrikaans: vurk
        • →? Sotho: fereko
        • → Xhosa: ifolokhwe
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: forku, foruku
      • Negerhollands: vork
      • → Caribbean Javanese: forok
      • → Indonesian: porok
      • → Papiamentu: fòrki (from the diminutive)
      • →? Sranan Tongo: forku
        • → Aukan: foluku
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: forku, phorku
        • → Saramaccan: folúku
      • → Manado Malay: forok
• Old High German: furka, furcha
  • Middle High German: furke
    • Alemannic German: Furgge
• → Old Norse: forkr
  • Danish: fork