Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fūr

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from unattested Proto-Germanic *fūraz,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *pyuh₂-ró-s, from *pih₂-w-, from *pyeh₂- (“to beat”), cognate with Latin paviō (“to beat, strike”), Lithuanian pjáuti (“to cut, slaughter”), Ancient Greek παίω (paíō, “to strike, hit”).[2]

Adjective

*fūr

  1. castrated

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *fūr
Genitive *fūras
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *fūr *fūru *fūr
Accusative *fūranā *fūrā *fūr
Genitive *fūras *fūreʀā *fūras
Dative *fūrumē *fūreʀē *fūrumē
Instrumental *fūru *fūreʀu *fūru
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *fūrē *fūrō *fūru
Accusative *fūrā *fūrā *fūru
Genitive *fūreʀō *fūreʀō *fūreʀō
Dative *fūrēm, *fūrum *fūrēm, *fūrum *fūrēm, *fūrum
Instrumental *fūrēm, *fūrum *fūrēm, *fūrum *fūrēm, *fūrum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old High German: *fūr
    • ⇒ Old High German: urfūr (“eunuch”)

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fūrjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “prep-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 845
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