Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furh

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

From Proto-Germanic *furhs.

Noun

*furh f^[1]

furrow

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*furh
Genitive	*furhi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*furh	*furhi
Accusative	*furhu	*furhi
Genitive	*furhi	*forhō
Dative	*furhi	*furhum
Instrumental	*furhi	*furhum

Descendants

Old English: furh, furuh
- Middle English: forow, furgh
  - English: furrow
  - Scots: furr
Old Frisian: furch
- North Frisian:
  Amrum: forag
- Saterland Frisian: Fuurge
- West Frisian: fuorge
Old Saxon: *furh, furuh
- Middle Low German: vōre, vōr
  - Low German: Föör
Old Dutch: *furh, *furuh
- Middle Dutch: vōre, vuere
  - Dutch: voor, vore
Old High German: furh, furuh
- → Italian: forra
- Middle High German: vurch
  - German: Furche
  - Luxembourgish: Fuer
  - Vilamovian: fiüch

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *furh”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *furh”

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