Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferhwą

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

Probably derived from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body; life; oak-tree”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak”), as oak trees symbolized life and vitality in Germanic mythology.[1]

Old Norse fjǫrg (“gods”), from Proto-Germanic *fergō, could originally be the plural of this neuter (“vital forces”?), with analogical vocalism instead of the expected *furgō (with delabialization in this context).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸer.xʷɑ̃/

Noun

*ferhwą n[1]

  1. (originally and in West Germanic) tree
  2. body
    Synonyms: *būkaz, *lībą, *ferhuz, *līką, *kruppaz
    Hyponym: *līkahamô
  3. life
    Synonyms: *lībą, *ferhuz

Inflection

Declension of *ferhwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ferhwą *ferhwō
vocative *ferhwą *ferhwō
accusative *ferhwą *ferhwō
genitive *ferhwas, *ferhwis *ferhwǫ̂
dative *ferhwai *ferhwamaz
instrumental *ferhwō *ferhwamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ferhwa- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
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