Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fak

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faką.

Noun

*fak n[1]

division, compartment
period, interval

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fak
Genitive	*fakas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fak	*faku
Accusative	*fak	*faku
Genitive	*fakas	*fakō
Dative	*fakē	*fakum
Instrumental	*faku	*fakum

Descendants

Old English: fæc, fec
- Middle English: fæc, fec
  - English: fack
  - Scots: faik, feck, fauk
Old Frisian: fak, fek
- Saterland Frisian: Fäk
- West Frisian: fek
Old Saxon: fac, fak
- Middle Low German: vak
Old Dutch: *fak
- Middle Dutch: vac
  - Dutch: vak
Old High German: fah
- Middle High German: vach
  - German: Fach
    - → Esperanto: fako
    - → Swedish: fach, fack
    - → Danish: fag
      - → Norwegian: fag
      - → Icelandic: fag

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *fak”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *fak”