Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/firhwijaz

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 *ferhwą (“body, life”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸir.xʷi.jɑz/

Noun

*firhwijaz m

  1. the living, men, people

Inflection

Declension of *firhwijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *firhwijaz *firhwijōz, *firhwijōs
vocative *firhwī *firhwijōz, *firhwijōs
accusative *firhwiją *firhwijanz
genitive *firhwijas, *firhwīs *firhwijǫ̂
dative *firhwijai *firhwijamaz
instrumental *firhwijō *firhwijamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *firhwijō
    • Old English: fīras
    • Old Saxon: fīrihos
    • Old High German: firaha
    • →⇒? Latin: Alaferhviae (< *alafirhwijō)
  • Old Norse: fírar, firar
  • Crimean Gothic: fers
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