Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahsą

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

From Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (“hair”, literally “that which is combed, shorn, or plucked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέκος (pékos, “fleece”),[2] Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑx.sɑ̃/

Noun

*fahsą n[2]

  1. hair
  2. headhair, mane

Inflection

Declension of *fahsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fahsą *fahsō
vocative *fahsą *fahsō
accusative *fahsą *fahsō
genitive *fahsas, *fahsis *fahsǫ̂
dative *fahsai *fahsamaz
instrumental *fahsō *fahsamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fahs
    • Old English: feax
    • Old Frisian: fax
    • Old Saxon: fahs
    • Old Dutch: *fahs
    • Old High German: fahs
      • Middle High German: vahs
  • Old Norse: fax
    • Icelandic: fax
    • Faroese: faks
    • Norwegian: faks
    • → Scots: fax (foam-topped wave, swell)

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “vas”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*faxsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89
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