Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/firhwijō

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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

From Proto-Germanic *firhwijōz.

Noun

*firhwijō m pl[1]

  1. humans, people

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative
Genitive
Singular Plural
Nominative *firhwijō, *firhwijōs
Accusative *firhwijā
Genitive *firhwijō
Dative *firhwijum
Instrumental *firhwijum

Descendants

  • Old English: fīras
  • Old Saxon: fīrihos
  • Old High German: firaha
  • ? Latin: Alaferhviae (< *alafirhwijō)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308:PWGmc *firhwijō (gen. pl.