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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furhnō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *per(ǝ)ḱ-no-, *per(ǝ)ḱ- (“mottled, multicoloured; a kind of speckled fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *prē- (“to spray, inject, snort”). Cognate with Latin porcus (“a kind of fish with spiny fins”), Middle Irish orc (“lax, salmon”), Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), Ancient Greek περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”).
Noun
*furhnō f
- trout
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *furhnō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *furhnō | *furhnôz | |
vocative | *furhnō | *furhnôz | |
accusative | *furhnǭ | *furhnōz | |
genitive | *furhnōz | *furhnǫ̂ | |
dative | *furhnōi | *furhnōmaz | |
instrumental | *furhnō | *furhnōmiz |
Descendants
- Old English: forn
- Old Saxon: forhna
- Middle Low German: vôrne
- Swedish: färna
- Middle Low German: vôrne
- Old Dutch: *forhna
- Middle Dutch: voorne
- Dutch: voorn
- Middle Dutch: voorne
- Old High German: forhana
- Middle High German: forhen, forhel
- German: Forelle
- Danish: forel
- Dutch: forel
- Luxembourgish: Frell
- German: Forelle
- Middle High German: forhen, forhel
- Latin: fario (gen. fariōnis) (?)