Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferhuz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferhuz

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 *perkʷ- (“to surround; the world; body, life; spirit; strength; tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸer.xuz/

Noun

*ferhuz m

1. body
2. life; being; existence
3. oak tree

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *ferhuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ferhuz	*firhiwiz
vocative	*ferhu	*firhiwiz
accusative	*ferhų	*ferhunz
genitive	*ferhauz	*firhiwǫ̂
dative	*firhiwi	*ferhumaz
instrumental	*ferhū	*ferhumiz

Derived terms

• *firhwijaz

Related terms

• *fergunniz, *fergunją
• *ferhwō
• *fermō
• *furhō

Descendants

• Old English: feorh, feorg
  • Middle English: feor; fere; ferme; æfre, evere
    • Scots: ferm; ever, evir
    • English: feorm, farm; ever
• Old High German: fereh (in fereheih, feraheih), fereha (Lombardic)
  • German: Viereiche
• Old Norse: fjǫrr
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus)