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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahsą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (“hair”, literally “that which is combed, shorn, or plucked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑx.sɑ̃/

Noun

*fahsą n

  1. hair
  2. headhair, mane

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *fahsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fahsą *fahsō
vocative *fahsą *fahsō
accusative *fahsą *fahsō
genitive *fahsas, *fahsis *fahsǫ̂
dative *fahsai *fahsamaz
instrumental *fahsō *fahsamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: feax
    • Middle English: fax
      • Scots: fax (headhair, mane)
      • English: fax
  • Old Frisian: fax
  • Old Saxon: fahs
  • Old Dutch: *fahs
  • Old High German: fahs
    • Middle High German: vahs
  • Old Norse: fax
    • Icelandic: fax
    • Faroese: faks
    • Norwegian: faks
    • Scots: fax (foam-topped wave, swell)
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