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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fuhā

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 *fuhǭ.

Noun

*fuhā f

  1. vixen, female fox

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *fuhā
Genitive *fuhōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *fuhā *fuhōn
Accusative *fuhōn *fuhōn
Genitive *fuhōn *fuhōnō
Dative *fuhōn *fuhōm, *fuhum
Instrumental *fuhōn *fuhōm, *fuhum

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: foha
    • Middle Low German: vō
  • Old High German: foha
    • Middle High German: vohe

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 1 Introduction, page 23
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