Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fausaz

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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 *fūaną (“to rot”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*fausaz

  1. rotten

Inflection

Declension of *fausaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *fausaz *fausō *fausą, *-at(ō) *fausai *fausôz *fausō
accusative *fausanǭ *fausǭ *fausą, *-at(ō) *fausanz *fausōz *fausō
genitive *fausas, *fausis *fausaizōz *fausas, *fausis *fausaizǫ̂ *fausaizǫ̂ *fausaizǫ̂
dative *fausammai *fausaizōi *fausammai *fausaimaz *fausaimaz *fausaimaz
instrumental *fausanō *fausaizō *fausanō *fausaimiz *fausaimiz *fausaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *fausô *fausǭ *fausô *fausaniz *fausōniz *fausōnō
accusative *fausanų *fausōnų *fausô *fausanunz *fausōnunz *fausōnō
genitive *fausiniz *fausōniz *fausiniz *fausanǫ̂ *fausōnǫ̂ *fausanǫ̂
dative *fausini *fausōni *fausini *fausammaz *fausōmaz *fausammaz
instrumental *fausinē *fausōnē *fausinē *fausammiz *fausōmiz *fausammiz

Descendants

  • Dutch: voos
  • Norwegian: føyr (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fausaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
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