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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/firhwijō
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *firhwijōz.
Noun
*firhwijō m pl[1]
- humans, people
Inflection
| Masculine ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | — | |
| Genitive | — | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | — | *firhwijō, *firhwijōs |
| Accusative | — | *firhwijā |
| Genitive | — | *firhwijō |
| Dative | — | *firhwijum |
| Instrumental | — | *firhwijum |
Descendants
- Old English: fīras
- Old Saxon: fīrihos
- Old High German: firaha
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 *firhwijō (gen. pl.”