Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/firstiz

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

Alternative forms

*furstiz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *perst-, *porst- (“post, finger, peak”). Cognate with Latin postis (“post, doorpost”), Lithuanian pirštas (“finger, toe, pin, cam”), Russian перст (perst, “finger, digit”), Ancient Greek παρστάς (parstás), παστάς (pastás, “portico, porch, inner chamber, bower”).

Noun

*firstiz m

post, ridge of a roof
summit, peak

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *firstiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*firstiz	*firstīz
vocative	*firsti	*firstīz
accusative	*firstį	*firstinz
genitive	*firstīz	*firstijǫ̂
dative	*firstī	*firstimaz
instrumental	*firstī	*firstimiz

Descendants

Old English: first, fierst, fyrst
- Middle English: first, virst
  - Scots: first
Old Saxon: first; *furst
- Middle Low German: verst; vorst
  - Low German: verst; vorst
Old Dutch: *first, *firsti; *fursti
- Middle Dutch: verste; vorst, vorste
  - Dutch: vorst
Old High German: first
- Middle High German: virst, vierst, vërst, virste; forst
  - German: First
  - Luxembourgish: Fiischt