Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faru
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *farwō.
Noun
*faru f
Inflection
| wō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *faru | |
| Genitive | *farwā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *faru | *farwō |
| Accusative | *farwā | *farwā |
| Genitive | *farwā | *farwō |
| Dative | *farwē | *farwōm, *farum |
| Instrumental | *faru | *farwōm, *farum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- 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
See also
| *blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas | *falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair | *blak, *swart |
| *raud | *brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn | *gelu |
| *grōnī | *grōnī | |
| *blāu | *blāu | |
| *blāu | *purpurā |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *farō.
Noun
*faru f[1]
Inflection
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *faru | |
| Genitive | *farā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *faru | *farō |
| Accusative | *farā | *farā |
| Genitive | *farā | *farō |
| Dative | *farē | *farōm, *farum |
| Instrumental | *faru | *farōm, *farum |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196: “PWGmc *faru”