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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *póḱ-o-s, from *peḱ- (“to comb; wool, hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.xɑz/
Noun
*fahaz n
- sheep
Inflection
| z-stemDeclension of *fahaz (z-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *fahaz | *fahizō | |
| vocative | *fahaz | *fahizō | |
| accusative | *fahaz | *fahizō | |
| genitive | *fahiziz | *fahizǫ̂ | |
| dative | *fahizi | *fahizumaz | |
| instrumental | *fahizē | *fahizumiz | |
Related terms
- *fahsą
- *fahtiz
Descendants
- Old Norse: fær
- Icelandic: fær
- Faroese: fár
- Norwegian: får
- Old Swedish: fār
- Swedish: får, (dialectal) för
- Old Danish: far
- Danish: får
- Westrobothnian: får, far