Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/farwijan

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 *faru (“colour”) +‎ *-jan

Verb

*farwijan

to colour
to paint

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*farwijan
1st sg. past	*farwidā
Infinitive	*farwijan
Genitive infin.	*farwijannjas
Dative infin.	*farwijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*farwijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*farwiju	*farwidā
2nd singular	*farwisi	farwidēs, farwidōs
3rd singular	*farwiþi	farwidē, farwidā
1st plural	*farwijum	*farwidum
2nd plural	*farwiþ	*farwidud
3rd plural	*farwijanþ	*farwidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*farwijē	*farwidī
2nd singular	*farwijēs	*farwidī
3rd singular	*farwijē	*farwidī
1st plural	*farwijēm	*farwidīm
2nd plural	*farwijēþ	*farwidīd
3rd plural	*farwijēn	*farwidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*farwi
Plural	*farwiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*farwijandī	*farwid

Descendants

Old Saxon: *ferwian
- Middle Low German: ferwen
Old Dutch: *ferwen
- Middle Dutch: verwen, varwen
  - Dutch: verven
Old High German: farwen, farawen
- Middle High German: ferwen, verwen, ferben
  - German: färben
- ⇒ Old High German: gifarwit
  - →? Old French: fart m, farde f
    - Middle French: fard
      - French: fard (see there for further descendants)