Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farwō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *fargwō, from *fargwaz (“colorful”) +‎ *-ō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑr.wɔː/

Noun

*farwō f

colour

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *farwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*farwō	*farwôz
vocative	*farwō	*farwôz
accusative	*farwǭ	*farwōz
genitive	*farwōz	*farwǫ̂
dative	*farwōi	*farwōmaz
instrumental	*farwō	*farwōmiz

Derived terms

*farwiþōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *faru
- Old Frisian: ferwe, verwa
  - Saterland Frisian: Faawe
  - West Frisian: farve, ferve
- Old Saxon: farwi, farawi, farw
  - Middle Low German: varwe, verwe
    - Low German: Faarf, Farf, Farv, Farve, Farw, Farwe
    - → Danish: farve
    - → Estonian: värv
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: farge
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: farge
    - → Old Swedish: færgha
      - Swedish: färg
        → Finnish: väri
- Old Dutch: *farwa
  - Middle Dutch: varwe
    - Dutch: verf
      - Afrikaans: verf
      - Negerhollands: verw
      - → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
      - → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
        → Aukan: felifi
        → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
        → Saramaccan: féifi
    - Limburgish: varf
- Old High German: farawa, farawī
  - Middle High German: varwe, farwe, verwe, var, far
    - Alemannic German:
      - Alsatian: Fàrb
      - Swabian: Farb
    - Bavarian: Foam
      Cimbrian: bèrbe
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Forreb
      Ripuarian: Färv
    - German: Farbe (see there for further descendants)
    - Luxembourgish: Faarf
    - Vilamovian: förf
    - Yiddish: פֿאַרב (farb)
    - → Czech: barva (see there for further descendants)
    - → Lower Sorbian: barwa
    - → Slovene: barva
    - → Upper Sorbian: barba
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (farwa, dative singular) (a-stem of uncertain gender)

blaikaz, blankaz, hwītaz, blasaz	falwaz, grēwaz, haswaz, grīsaz, *hairaz	blakaz, swartaz
*raudaz	brūnaz, erpaz, *dusnaz	gelwaz, gulaz
*grōniz	*grōniz
	*blēwaz	blēwaz, hēwijaz
blēwaz, hēwijaz	*baswaz