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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fagraz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *fahraz
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *ph₂ḱrós[1], equivalent to unattested *fahaną + *-raz, a ro-stem derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with Umbrian pacer (“gracious, merciful, kind”), Slovak pekný (“good-looking, handsome, nice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑɣ.rɑz/
Adjective
*fagraz
- suitable, fitting, appropriate, nice
Inflection
Declension of *fagraz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fagraz | *fagrai | *fagrō | *fagrôz | *fagrą, -atō | *fagrō |
| Accusative | *fagranǭ | *fagranz | *fagrǭ | *fagrōz | *fagrą, -atō | *fagrō |
| Genitive | *fagras, -is | *fagraizǫ̂ | *fagraizōz | *fagraizǫ̂ | *fagras, -is | *fagraizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *fagrammai | *fagraimaz | *fagraizōi | *fagraimaz | *fagrammai | *fagraimaz |
| Instrumental | *fagranō | *fagraimiz | *fagraizō | *fagraimiz | *fagranō | *fagraimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fagrô | *fagraniz | *fagrǭ | *fagrōniz | *fagrô | *fagrōnō |
| Accusative | *fagranų | *fagranunz | *fagrōnų | *fagrōnunz | *fagrô | *fagrōnō |
| Genitive | *fagriniz | *fagranǫ̂ | *fagrōniz | *fagrōnǫ̂ | *fagriniz | *fagranǫ̂ |
| Dative | *fagrini | *fagrammaz | *fagrōni | *fagrōmaz | *fagrini | *fagrammaz |
| Instrumental | *fagrinē | *fagrammiz | *fagrōnē | *fagrōmiz | *fagrinē | *fagrammiz |
Derived terms
- *fagrijaną
- *fagriþō
- *fagrį̄
- *unfagraz
Related terms
- *fanhaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *fagr
- Old English: fæger, fæġer
- Middle English: fager, fæȝer, feir, fayer, fayr
- Scots: fair, fayr, fare
- English: fair
- → Dutch: fair
- → German: fair
- Middle English: fager, fæȝer, feir, fayer, fayr
- Old Saxon: fagar
- Old Dutch: *vagar (in placenames: vagara velda)
- Old High German: fagar
- Middle High German: fager, vager
- Old English: fæger, fæġer
- Old Norse: fagr
- Icelandic: fagur
- Faroese: fagur
- Norn: feg, fåg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fager, fagr; (dialectal) fagur
- Old Swedish: fagher
- Swedish: fager
- Danish: fager, feir, fauer, faver, favr
- Norwegian Bokmål: fager
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs)
- →? Estonian: vapper
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN