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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fūr
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from unattested Proto-Germanic *fūraz[1], from Proto-Indo-European *pyuh₂-ró-s, from *pih₂-w-, from *pyeh₂- (“to beat”), cognate with Latin paviō (“to beat, strike”), Lithuanian pjáuti (“to cut, slaughter”), Ancient Greek παίω (paíō, “to strike, hit”).[2]
Adjective
*fūr
- castrated
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *fūr | ||
| Genitive | *fūras | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fūr | *fūru | *fūr |
| Accusative | *fūranā | *fūrā | *fūr |
| Genitive | *fūras | *fūreʀā | *fūras |
| Dative | *fūrumē | *fūreʀē | *fūrumē |
| Instrumental | *fūru | *fūreʀu | *fūru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fūrē | *fūrō | *fūru |
| Accusative | *fūrā | *fūrā | *fūru |
| Genitive | *fūreʀō | *fūreʀō | *fūreʀō |
| Dative | *fūrēm, *fūrum | *fūrēm, *fūrum | *fūrēm, *fūrum |
| Instrumental | *fūrēm, *fūrum | *fūrēm, *fūrum | *fūrēm, *fūrum |
Derived terms
- *fūrijan
Descendants
- Old High German: *fūr
- ⇒ Old High German: urfūr (“eunuch”)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fūrjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “prep-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 845