Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehuhūsą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *fehu (“cattle, money”) + *hūsą (“house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸe.xu.ˌxuː.sɑ̃/
Noun
*fehuhūsą n[1]
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *fehuhūsą | *fehuhūsō |
| vocative | *fehuhūsą | *fehuhūsō |
| accusative | *fehuhūsą | *fehuhūsō |
| genitive | *fehuhūsas, *fehuhūsis | *fehuhūsǫ̂ |
| dative | *fehuhūsai | *fehuhūsamaz |
| instrumental | *fehuhūsō | *fehuhūsamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: feohhūs (“treasury”)
- Middle English: fehous
- Old Saxon: *fehuhūs
- Middle Low German: vēhūs, veehūs, vhehūs
- Old High German: *fihuhūs
- Middle High German: vihehūs
- German: Viehhaus
- Middle High German: vihehūs
- Old Norse: féhús, fjós
- → Proto-Samic: *fievsē (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fexu-hūsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97