< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/farh
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *farhaz.
Noun
*farh m
- piglet
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *farh | |
Genitive | *farhas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *farh | *farhō, *farhōs |
Accusative | *farh | *farhā |
Genitive | *farhas | *farhō |
Dative | *farhē | *farhum |
Instrumental | *farhu | *farhum |
Descendants
- Old English: fearh
- Middle English: *farwe, *farh, *farȝe (attested only in plural form faren)
- English: farrow
- Scots: ferrae, ferry, farry
- Middle English: *farwe, *farh, *farȝe (attested only in plural form faren)
- Old Frisian: *farch
- Saterland Frisian: Faarich
- Old Saxon: for, *farh
- Middle Low German: var, vare, vôr, ferch, verk
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *farkīn (diminutive)
- Middle Low German: verken, varken
- Low German: Farken
- Middle Low German: verken, varken
- Old Dutch: *far, *fare
- Middle Dutch: *var
- Dutch: var (rare)
- ⇒ Old Dutch: farkīn, ferkīn (diminutive)
- Middle Dutch: verkin, varekin, varkin
- Dutch: varken
- Middle Dutch: verkin, varekin, varkin
- Middle Dutch: *var
- Old High German: farah
- Middle High German: varch
- ⇒ Old High German: farhīli, farheli (diminutive)
- Middle High German: verkel, verhel
- Alemannic German: Färli
- German: Ferkel
- Luxembourgish: Fierkel
- Middle High German: verkel, verhel