Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/arfō

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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

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic *arfô[1],[2] or borrowed from Latin ervum.[3]

Noun

*arfō m

  1. chickweed

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *arfō
Genitive *arfini, *arfan
Singular Plural
Nominative *arfō *arfan
Accusative *arfan *arfan
Genitive *arfini, *arfan *arfanō
Dative *arfini, *arfan *arfum
Instrumental *arfini, *arfan *arfum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*arfan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*arfōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
  3. ^ van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “erf¹”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), 2nd edition, Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
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