Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fuir

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.

From Proto-Germanic *fōr.

*fuir n^[1]

1. fire

   Synonyms: *ail, *ailid

• *fuirēn

• Old English: fȳr
  • Middle English: fyr, fier, vir, fer, fur
    • English: fire
      • → Japanese: ファイヤー (faiyā)
      • Sranan Tongo: faya
    • Scots: fyre, feier
    • Yola: vire, vier
• Old Frisian: fiūr, fiōr
  • Saterland Frisian: Fjúur
  • West Frisian: fjoer
• Old Saxon: fiur
  • Middle Low German: vǖr
    • German Low German: Füür, Füer, Für
    • Plautdietsch: Fia
• Old Dutch: fuïr
  • Middle Dutch: vuur
    • Dutch: vuur, vier (Southern)
      • Afrikaans: vuur
      • Javindo: vier
      • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
      • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir
    • Limburgish: vuur
    • West Flemish: vier
    • Zealandic: vier
• Old High German: fuïr (early), fiur
  • Middle High German: viur, viwer, viuwer
    • Alemannic German: Füür

      Alsatian: Fiir

      Swabian: Feier, Fuiet, Fuur, Feiar

      Walser: fir

    • Bavarian: Faia, Feia

      Cimbrian: vôar, bôar, vaür

      Mòcheno: vaier

    • Central Franconian: Füür, Feier, Fouer

      Hunsrik: Feier, fayer

    • German: Feuer
    • East Central German:

      Silesian East Central German: Feier

    • Rhine Franconian:

      Palatine German: Faia

      Pennsylvania German: Feier

    • Luxembourgish: Feier
    • Vilamovian: faojer
    • Yiddish: פֿײַער (fayer)