Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahsą

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Proto-Germanic

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Particularly: “The Dutch descendants are dubious. I can only find vas 'cartilaginous meat'[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (hair, literally that which is combed, shorn, or plucked), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (to comb, shear, pluck). Cognate with Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, eyelash, hair, filament).

Pronunciation

Noun

*fahsą n[2]

  1. hair
  2. headhair, mane

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *fahsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fahsą *fahsō
vocative *fahsą *fahsō
accusative *fahsą *fahsō
genitive *fahsas, *fahsis *fahsǫ̂
dative *fahsai *fahsamaz
instrumental *fahsō *fahsamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fahs
    • Old English: feax
    • Old Frisian: fax
    • Old Saxon: fahs
    • Old Dutch: *fahs
    • Old High German: fahs
      • Middle High German: vahs
  • Old Norse: fax
    • Icelandic: fax
    • Faroese: faks
    • Norwegian: faks
    • Scots: fax (foam-topped wave, swell)

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “vas”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*faxsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89