Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faraweg

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 *far or *faru (“journey”) +‎ *weg (“way”).

Noun

*faraweg m

fareway

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faraweg
Genitive	*farawegas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faraweg	farawegō, farawegōs
Accusative	*faraweg	*farawegā
Genitive	*farawegas	*farawegō
Dative	*farawegē	*farawegum
Instrumental	*farawegu	*farawegum

Alternative reconstructions

*faruweg

Descendants

Old English: færweġ, ferweġ, *fareweġ
- Middle English: farewaye, fairway, fare-waye
  - English: fareway
Old Frisian: *farewei, *ferewei
- West Frisian: farwei
Old Saxon: *farweg, *faraweg
- Middle Low German: varewech, vaerwech, vārwech
Old Dutch: *farweg, *faraweg
- Middle Dutch: vaerwech
  - Dutch: vaarweg
Old High German: *farweg, *faraweg
- Middle High German: farwec, varwec
  - German: Fahrweg

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