Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arfô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

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Noun

*arfô m[1]

chickweed

Inflection

Declension of *arfô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*arfô	*arfaniz
Vocative	*arfô	*arfaniz
Accusative	*arfanų	*arfanunz
Genitive	*arfiniz	*arfanǫ̂
Dative	*arfini	*arfammaz
Instrumental	*arfinē	*arfammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *arfō
- Old English: earfan pl
- Old Frisian: *arfa
  - Saterland Frisian: arf, arve
- Old Saxon: *arfo
  - Middle Low German: *arfe
    - German Low German: Arf
    - →? Old Norse: arfi, ᛅᚱᚠᛁ (arfi); ᛅᚱᚠᛅ (arfa); ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛆᚱᚠᛆᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛅᚱᚠᛅᚱ (arfar)
      - Icelandic: arfi
      - Faroese: arvi
      - Norwegian: arve
      - Old Swedish: arve
        Swedish: arv (dialectal)
      - Danish: arve
- Old Dutch: *arfo
  - Middle Dutch: *erfe
    - Dutch: erf
Old Norse: arfi, ᛅᚱᚠᛁ (arfi); ᛅᚱᚠᛅ (arfa); ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛆᚱᚠᛆᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛅᚱᚠᛅᚱ (arfar)
- Icelandic: arfi
- Faroese: arvi
- Norwegian: arve
- Old Swedish: arve
  - Swedish: arv (dialectal)
- Danish: arve

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arfan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arfan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34