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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/farh

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farhaz.

Noun

*farh m

  1. piglet

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *farh
Genitive *farhas
Singular Plural
Nominative *farh *farhō, *farhōs
Accusative *farh *farhā
Genitive *farhas *farhō
Dative *farhē *farhum
Instrumental *farhu *farhum

Descendants

  • Old English: fearh
    • Middle English: *farow, *fargh (attested only in plural form faren)
  • Old Frisian: *farch
  • Old Saxon: for, *farh
  • Old Dutch: *far, *fare
    • Middle Dutch: *var
      • Dutch: var (rare)
    • Old Dutch: farkīn, ferkīn (diminutive)
      • Middle Dutch: verkin, varekin, varkin
        • Dutch: varken
          • Afrikaans: vark
          • Jersey Dutch: vārk
          • Negerhollands: varki, fergi, farki, ferkikin, verken
          • Skepi Creole Dutch: fark
  • Old High German: farah
    • Middle High German: varch
    • Old High German: farhīli, farheli (diminutive)
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