Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fagraz

This Proto-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.

• *fahraz

From pre-Germanic *ph₂ḱrós, equivalent to unattested *fahaną (“to fasten”) +‎ *-raz, a ro-stem derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”), and probably not *peḱ- (“joyful”). Cognate with Umbrian pacer (“gracious, merciful, kind”), Slovak pekný (“good-looking, handsome, nice”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑɣ.rɑz/

*fagraz

1. suitable, fitting, appropriate, nice

• *fagrijaną
• *fagriþō
• *fagrį̄
• *unfagraz

• *fanhaną

• Proto-West Germanic: *fagr
  • Old English: fæger, fæġer
    • Middle English: fager, fæȝer, feir, fayer, fayr
      • Scots: fair, fayr, fare
      • English: fair
        • → Dutch: fair
        • → German: fair
  • Old Saxon: fagar
    • Middle Low German: fagher
  • Old Dutch: *fagar, *vagar (in placenames: vagara velda)
  • Old High German: fagar
    • Middle High German: fager, vager
• Old Norse: fagr
  • Icelandic: fagur
  • Faroese: fagur
  • Norn: feg, fåg, feger
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fager, fagr; (dialectal) fagur
  • Old Swedish: fagher
    • Swedish: fager
  • Old Danish: faghær
    • Danish: fager, feir, fauer, faver, favr
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fager
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs)
• →? Estonian: vapper