Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furhō

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 *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- (“oak”)

Alternative forms

*furahō

Noun

*furhō f

fir; pine
forest (of fir or pine trees)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *furhō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*furhō	*furhôz
vocative	*furhō	*furhôz
accusative	*furhǭ	*furhōz
genitive	*furhōz	*furhǫ̂
dative	*furhōi	*furhōmaz
instrumental	*furhō	*furhōmiz

Related terms

*fergunją (“mountain; mountainous forest”)
*furhiþą n (“forest”)
*furhiþō f (“forest”)

Descendants

Old English: fyrh, furh
- Middle English: firre
  - English: fir (perhaps partially or wholly derived from Old Norse)
Old Saxon: furia
- Middle Low German: vūre
  - Low German: Fuhr
Old Dutch: *fura (toponyms: Forolta, Fornhese)
- Middle Dutch: *vore; vurin, vorin (< *furhīn-)
  - Dutch: vuren
Old High German: furh, furuh
- Middle High German: vorhe
  - German: Föhre
Old Norse: fura; fýri (< *furhiją)
- Old Swedish: fora
  - Swedish: fura, fur, furu
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fure, fura
- Norwegian Bokmål: furu
- Danish: fyr

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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