Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furh

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 *furhs.

Noun

*furh f[1]

furrow

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*furh	*furhi
Accusative	*furhu	*furhi
Genitive	*furhi	*furhō
Dative	*furhi	*furhum
Instrumental	*furhi	*furhum

Descendants

Old English: furh, furuh
- Middle English: forow, furgh
  - English: furrow
Old Frisian: furch
- Saterland Frisian: Fuurge
Old Saxon: *furh, furuh
- Middle Low German: vōre, vōr
Old Dutch: *furh, *furuh
- Middle Dutch: vōre, vuere
  - Dutch: voor
Old High German: furh, furuh
- → Italian: forra
- Middle High German: vurch
  - German: Furche
  - Luxembourgish: Fur
  - Vilamovian: fiüch

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 *furh”

[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 *furh”