Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferhwą

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 *perkʷ- (“to surround; the world; body, life; spirit; strength; tree”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸer.xwɑ̃/

Noun

*ferhwą n

body, life

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ferhwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ferhwą	*ferhwō
vocative	*ferhwą	*ferhwō
accusative	*ferhwą	*ferhwō
genitive	ferhwas, firhwis	*ferhwǫ̂
dative	*firhwai	*ferhwamaz
instrumental	*ferhwō	*ferhwamiz

Derived terms

*fermō
*firhwiþō

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: feorh, feorg; (*fierhþ, fyrhþ, ferhþ, ferht < *firhwiþō); (feorm < *fermō); (ǣfre < ā + in fēore)
- Middle English: feor, fere; ferme; æfre, evere
  - Scots: ferm; ever, evir
  - English: feorm, farm; ever
Old Frisian: ferch
Old Saxon: ferh, ferah
Old High German: ferah
- Middle High German: vërch
  - German: Ferch (obsolete)
Old Norse: fjǫr
- Icelandic: fjör
- Faroese: fjør

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