Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehuhūsą

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 *fehu (cattle, money) +‎ *hūsą (house).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸe.xu.ˌxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*fehuhūsą n[1]

  1. stable, stall

Inflection

Declension of *fehuhūsą (neuter a-stem)
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
  • Old Norse: féhús, fjós
    • Icelandic: fjós
    • Faroese: fjós
    • Norwegian: fjøs
    • Old Swedish: fæhus
      • Swedish: fähus, fjos, fjös, fjäs, fäjs
    • Old Danish: fæhus
      • Danish: fæhus
  • Proto-Samic: *fievsē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fexu-hūsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97