Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fīrijā

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

Borrowed from Late Latin fēria (“festival”).

Noun

*fīrijā f

celebration, feast

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fīrijā
Genitive	*fīrijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fīrijā	*fīrijōn
Accusative	*fīrijōn	*fīrijōn
Genitive	*fīrijōn	*fīrijōnō
Dative	*fīrijōn	*fīrijōm
Instrumental	*fīrijōn	*fīrijōm

Alternative reconstructions

*firjā

Derived tems

*fīrijōn

Descendants

Old Frisian: fīre
- Saterland Frisian: Fíer
Old Saxon: fīra
- Middle Low German: vîr, vîre
  - German Low German: Fier
  - → Swedish: fira
Old Dutch: *fīra
- Middle Dutch: viere
Old High German: fīra, firra, fiera
- Middle High German: vīre, virre, vīere, vīer, fīre, firre, fīere, fīer
  - German: Feier