Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fīrijā

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 Late Latin fēria (“festival”).

Noun

*fīrijā f

1. celebration, feast

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fīrijā
Genitive	*fīrijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fīrijā	*fīrijōn
Accusative	*fīrijōn	*fīrijōn
Genitive	*fīrijōn	*fīrijōnō
Dative	*fīrijōn	*fīrijōm, *fīrijum
Instrumental	*fīrijōn	*fīrijōm, *fīrijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *firjā

Derived terms

• *fīrijōn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: fīre
  • Saterland Frisian: Fíer
• Old Saxon: fīra
  • Middle Low German: vîr, vîre
    • German Low German: Fier
    • → Swedish: fira
• Old Dutch: *fīra
  • Middle Dutch: viere
• Old High German: fīra, firra, fiera
  • Middle High German: vīre, virre, vīere, vīer, fīre, firre, fīere, fīer
    • German: Feier
    • Hunsrik: Feier
    • Luxembourgish: Feier