Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahsą

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

From Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (“hair”, literally “that which is combed, shorn, or plucked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑx.sɑ̃/

Noun

*fahsą n

hair
headhair, mane

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *fahsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fahsą	*fahsō
vocative	*fahsą	*fahsō
accusative	*fahsą	*fahsō
genitive	fahsas, fahsis	*fahsǫ̂
dative	*fahsai	*fahsamaz
instrumental	*fahsō	*fahsamiz

Related terms

*fahtiz
*fehtaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fahs
- Old English: feax
  - Middle English: fax
    - Scots: fax
    - English: fax
- Old Frisian: fax
- Old Saxon: fahs
- Old Dutch: *fahs
  - Middle Dutch: vas
    - Dutch: vas
- Old High German: fahs
  - Middle High German: vahs
    - Alemannic German: Fachs
Old Norse: fax
- Icelandic: fax
- Faroese: faks
- Norwegian: faks
- → Scots: fax (foam-topped wave, swell)