Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawaz

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

Alternative forms

• *fahwaz, *fauhaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.wɑz/

Adjective

*fawaz (comparative *fawizô, superlative *fawistaz)

1. few
2. little (small amount of)

Inflection

Declension of *fawaz (a-stem, strong only)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*fawaz	*fawai	*fawō	*fawôz	*fawą, *-at(ō)	*fawō
accusative	*fawanǭ	*fawanz	*fawǭ	*fawōz	*fawą, *-at(ō)	*fawō
genitive	*fawas, *fawis	*fawaizǫ̂	*fawaizōz	*fawaizǫ̂	*fawas, *fawis	*fawaizǫ̂
dative	*fawammai	*fawaimaz	*fawaizōi	*fawaimaz	*fawammai	*fawaimaz
instrumental	*fawanō	*fawaimiz	*fawaizō	*fawaimiz	*fawanō	*fawaimiz

Antonyms

• *managaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fau
  • Old English: fēaw
    • Middle English: fewe, feawe, feu
      • Scots: feu, fyow
      • English: few
  • Old Frisian: fē
  • Old Saxon: faho, fā, fō
    • Middle Low German: fȫge, vȫge
      • Low German: fege, vöge
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: føyen[1]
      • → Old Danish: føghe, føffue[2]
        • → Danish: føje[3]
          • → Norwegian Bokmål: føye[2]
      • → Old Swedish: føgha, føgho, føghe
        • Swedish: föga[4]
  • Old High German: fao, fō, fōh
• Old Norse: fár
  • Icelandic: fár
  • Faroese: fáur
  • Norwegian: få
  • Old Swedish: fār
    • Swedish: få
  • Danish: få
  • Westrobothnian: få, fått
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus)

References

1. “føyen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
2. “føye” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
3. “føje” in Den Danske Ordbog
4. föga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)