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This Old Dutch 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.
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Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *faru, from Proto-Germanic *farwō.
Noun
*farwa f
- colour
- paint, dye
Inflection
Declension of *farwa (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*farwa
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*farwa, *farwon
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| accusative
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*farwa, *farwon
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*farwa, *farwon
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| genitive
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*farwon
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*farwono
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| dative
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*farwon
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*farwon
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Descendants
- Middle Dutch: varwe, vāerwe, verwe
- Dutch: verf
- Afrikaans: verf
- Negerhollands: verw
- → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
- → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
- → Aukan: felifi
- → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
- → Saramaccan: féifi
- Limburgish: varf