Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ferh

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *ferhuz, *ferhwą.

Noun

*ferh m or n[1][2]

life

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ferh
Genitive	*ferhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ferh	ferhō, ferhōs
Accusative	*ferh	*ferhā
Genitive	*ferhas	*ferhō
Dative	*ferhē	*ferhum
Instrumental	*ferhu	*ferhum

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ferh
Genitive	*ferhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ferh	*ferhu
Accusative	*ferh	*ferhu
Genitive	*ferhas	*ferhō
Dative	*ferhē	*ferhum
Instrumental	*ferhu	*ferhum

Descendants

Old English: feorh, feorg
- Middle English: feor, fere
Old Frisian: ferch
Old Saxon: ferh, ferah
Old High German: ferah
- Middle High German: vërch
  - German: Ferch (obsolete)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *ferh ‘life’, gen. sg. *ferhas”
Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313: “PWGmc *ferh(u?)”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *ferh ‘life’, gen. sg. *ferhas”

[2] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313: “PWGmc *ferh(u?)”