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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furkaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *perg- (“board, beam, post”). Cognate with Lithuanian pérgas (“boat made from a tree-hollow, dugout, canoe”), Russian поро́г (poróg, “threshold, doorstep, sill”), Latin pergula (“veranda, balcony, projection”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸur.kɑz/

Noun

*furkaz m

  1. beam, pole, stake, stick

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *furkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *furkaz *furkōz, *furkōs
vocative *furk *furkōz, *furkōs
accusative *furką *furkanz
genitive *furkas, *furkis *furkǫ̂
dative *furkai *furkamaz
instrumental *furkō *furkamiz

Derived terms
  • *furkulaz, *furkilaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *furk, *fork
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *furkul, *forkul
      • Old English: forclas (plural)
      • Old Saxon: ferkal, fercal
  • Old Norse: forkr
    • Icelandic: forkur
    • Faroese: forkutur (with adjectival suffix)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: fork; (dialectal) førk
    • Swedish: fork (dialectal)
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