Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farhaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farhaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑr.xɑz/

Noun

*farhaz m

1. pig, piglet

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *farhaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*farhaz	*farhōz, *farhōs
vocative	*farh	*farhōz, *farhōs
accusative	*farhą	*farhanz
genitive	*farhas, *farhis	*farhǫ̂
dative	*farhai	*farhamaz
instrumental	*farhō	*farhamiz

Descendants

• Old English: fōr, fearh
  • Middle English: *farwe, *farh, *farȝe (attested only in plural form faren)
    • English: farrow
    • Scots: ferrae, ferry, farry
• Old Frisian: *farch
  • Saterland Frisian: Faarich
• Old Saxon: for, *farh
  • Middle Low German: var, vare, vôr, ferch, verk
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: *farkīn (diminutive)
    • Middle Low German: verken, varken
      • Low German: Farken
• Old Dutch: *far, *fare
  • Middle Dutch: *var
    • Dutch: var (rare)
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: farkīn, ferkīn (diminutive)
    • Middle Dutch: verkin, varekin, varkin
      • Dutch: varken
• Old High German: farah
  • Middle High German: varch
  • ⇒ Old High German: farhīli, farheli (diminutive)
    • Middle High German: verkel, verhel
      • Alemannic German: Färli
      • German: Ferkel
      • Luxembourgish: Fierkel
• Old Norse: *farr
  • Old Swedish: *far
    • ⇒ Old Swedish: fargalter
      • Swedish: fargalt
  • Westrobothnian: fɑrg