Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/firsti

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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 *firstiz.

Noun

*firsti m[1]

  1. ridgepole

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *firsti
Genitive *firstī
Singular Plural
Nominative *firsti *firstī
Accusative *firsti *firstī
Genitive *firstī *firstijō
Dative *firstī *firstim, *firstijum
Instrumental *firstī *firstim, *firstijum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 248:PWGmc *firsti