Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arfô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

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Noun

*arfô m[1]

  1. chickweed

Inflection

Declension of *arfô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *arfô *arfaniz
vocative *arfô *arfaniz
accusative *arfanų *arfanunz
genitive *arfiniz *arfanǫ̂
dative *arfini *arfammaz
instrumental *arfinē *arfammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *arfō
    • Old English: earfan pl
    • Old Frisian: *arfa
    • Old Saxon: *arfo
      • Middle Low German: *arfe
        • German Low German: Arf
        • →? Old Norse: arfi (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Dutch: *arfo
      • Middle Dutch: *erfe
  • Old Norse: arfi, ᛅᚱᚠᛁ (arfi) — nominative singular, ᛅᚱᚠᛅ (arfa) — dative/accusative/genitive singular, ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛆᚱᚠᛆᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛅᚱᚠᛅᚱ (arfar) — nominative plural

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arfan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
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