Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fehu
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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]
From Proto-Germanic *fehu.
Noun[edit]
*fehu n[1]
Inflection[edit]
| u-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *fehu | |
| Genitive | *fehō | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fehu | — |
| Accusative | *fehu | — |
| Genitive | *fehō | — |
| Dative | *fihiwi, *fehō | — |
| Instrumental | *fehu | — |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: feoh, fioh, feh
- Old Frisian: fia
- Old Saxon: fehu, feho, feu
- Old Dutch: fē, fio, fiu
- Old High German: fihu
- → Vulgar Latin: *feus
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 114: “*fehu”