Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/frestą

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 an earlier *fres (“forward”), abstracted from a Proto-Indo-European *pres-sto-, composed of *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”) +‎ *steh₂- (“to stand”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸres.tɑ̃/

Noun

*frestą n

  1. an appointed time; date

Inflection

Declension of *frestą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *frestą *frestō
vocative *frestą *frestō
accusative *frestą *frestō
genitive *frestas, *fristis *frestǫ̂
dative *frestai *frestamaz
instrumental *frestō *frestamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: frist, first, fyrst n
  • Old Frisian: ferst, first n
  • Old High German: *frist
    • Middle High German: vrist n
  • Old Norse: frest n

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*frestan ~ *frestaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113
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