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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferhwą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“to surround; the world; body, life; spirit; strength; tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸer.xwɑ̃/
Noun
*ferhwą n
- body, life
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *ferhwą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *ferhwą | *ferhwō | |
| vocative | *ferhwą | *ferhwō | |
| accusative | *ferhwą | *ferhwō | |
| genitive | *ferhwas, *firhwis | *ferhwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *firhwai | *ferhwamaz | |
| instrumental | *ferhwō | *ferhwamiz | |
Derived terms
- *fermō
- *firhwiþō
Related terms
- *ferhuz
- *firhwijaz
Descendants
- Old English: feorh, feorg; (*fierhþ, fyrhþ, ferhþ, ferht < *firhwiþō); (feorm < *fermō); (ǣfre < ā + in fēore)
- Middle English: feor, fere; ferme; æfre, evere
- Scots: ferm; ever, evir
- English: feorm, farm; ever
- Middle English: feor, fere; ferme; æfre, evere
- Old Frisian: ferch
- Old Saxon: ferh, ferah
- Old High German: ferah
- Middle High German: vërch
- German: Ferch (obsolete)
- Middle High German: vërch
- Old Norse: fjǫr
- Icelandic: fjör
- Faroese: fjør