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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fau

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 *fawaz.

Adjective

*fau (comparative *minniʀō, superlative *minnist)[1]

  1. few

Inflection
wa-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *fau
Genitive *fawas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *fau *fau *fau
Accusative *fawanā *fawā *fau
Genitive *fawas *faweʀā *fawas
Dative *faumē *faweʀē *faumē
Instrumental *fau *faweʀu *fau
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *fawē *fawō *fau
Accusative *fawā *fawā *fau
Genitive *faweʀō *faweʀō *faweʀō
Dative *fawēm, *faum *fawēm, *faum *fawēm, *faum
Instrumental *fawēm, *faum *fawēm, *faum *fawēm, *faum

Descendants
  • Old English: fēaw, fēawa, fēawe, fēa
    • Middle English: fewe, feawe, feu
  • Old Frisian: fē
  • Old Saxon: faho, fā, fō
    • Middle Low German: fȫge, vȫge
      • Low German: fege, vöge
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: føyen[2]
      • → Old Danish: føghe, føffue[3]
      • → Old Swedish: føgha, føgho, føghe
  • Old High German: fao, fō, fōh

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173: “PWGmc nom.-acc. pl. neut. *fau, dat. pl. *faum”
  2. “føyen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  3. “føye” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  4. “føje” in Den Danske Ordbog
  5. föga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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