Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fūr

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; possibly from unattested Proto-Germanic *fūraz,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *pyuh₂-ró-s, from *pih₂-w-, from *pyeh₂- (“to beat”), cognate with Latin paviō (“to beat, strike”), Lithuanian pjáuti (“to cut, slaughter”), Ancient Greek παίω (paíō, “to strike, hit”).[2]

Adjective[edit]

*fūr

  1. castrated

Inflection[edit]

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *fūr
Genitive *fūras
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *fūr *fūru *fūr
Accusative *fūranā *fūrā *fūr
Genitive *fūras *fūreʀā *fūras
Dative *fūrumē *fūreʀē *fūrumē
Instrumental *fūru *fūreʀu *fūru
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *fūrē *fūrō *fūru
Accusative *fūrā *fūrā *fūru
Genitive *fūreʀō *fūreʀō *fūreʀō
Dative *fūrēm, *fūrum *fūrēm, *fūrum *fūrēm, *fūrum
Instrumental *fūrēm, *fūrum *fūrēm, *fūrum *fūrēm, *fūrum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old High German: *fūr
    • ⇒ Old High German: urfūr (“eunuch”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fūrjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “prep-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 845
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