Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farwō
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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. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From earlier *fargwō, from *fargwaz (“colorful”) + *-ō.
Pronunciation
Noun
*farwō f
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *farwō | *farwôz |
| vocative | *farwō | *farwôz |
| accusative | *farwǭ | *farwōz |
| genitive | *farwōz | *farwǫ̂ |
| dative | *farwōi | *farwōmaz |
| instrumental | *farwō | *farwōmiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *faru
- Old Frisian: ferwe, verwa
- Old Saxon: farwi, farawi, farw
- Old Dutch: *farwa
- Old High German: farawa, farawī
- Middle High German: varwe, farwe, verwe, var, far
- Alemannic German:
- Bavarian: Foam
- Cimbrian: bèrbe
- Central Franconian:
- German: Farbe (see there for further descendants)
- Luxembourgish: Faarf
- Vilamovian: förf
- Yiddish: פֿאַרב (farb)
- → Czech: barva (see there for further descendants)
- → Lower Sorbian: barwa
- → Slovene: barva
- → Upper Sorbian: barba
- → Old Polish: barwa
- Middle High German: varwe, farwe, verwe, var, far
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (farwa, dative singular) (a-stem of uncertain gender)
See also
| *blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz | *falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz | *blakaz, *swartaz |
| *raudaz | *brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz | *gelwaz, *gulaz |
| *grōniz | *grōniz | |
| *blēwaz | *blēwaz, *hēwijaz | |
| *blēwaz, *hēwijaz | *baswaz |
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*farwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130: “*farwō-”