Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fursaz

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 Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to spray, splash”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸur.sɑz/

Noun

*fursaz m

waterfall, torrent

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *fursaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fursaz	fursōz, fursōs
vocative	*furs	fursōz, fursōs
accusative	*fursą	*fursanz
genitive	fursas, fursis	*fursǫ̂
dative	*fursai	*fursamaz
instrumental	*fursō	*fursamiz

Derived terms

*fursōną

Descendants

Old Norse: fors, foss
- Icelandic: foss
- Faroese: fossur
- Norn: fors
- Norwegian: foss
- Old Swedish: fors
  - Swedish: fors
- Middle Danish: fors
  - Danish: fors, fos (influenced by Norwegian)
- English: force (in the sense of a waterfall) (Northern England)
- Middle Low German: vorsch

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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