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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehufrekaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *fehu (money) + *frekaz (greedy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸe.xu.ˌɸre.kɑz/

Adjective

*fehufrekaz[1]

  1. covetous, greedy for money

Inflection


Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fexu-frekaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 97
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