Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fuhǭ

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

Alternative forms

  • *fuggǭ (Western only)[1]

Etymology

Related to *fuhsaz. The variation *h ~ *gg is due to the original n-stem inflection pattern before the application of Kluge's law.[1]

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸu.xɔ̃ː/

Noun

*fuhǭ f [2][3]

  1. vixen, female fox
    Synonym: *fuhsinī

Inflection

Declension of *fuhǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fuhǭ *fuhōniz
vocative *fuhǭ *fuhōniz
accusative *fuhōnų *fuhōnunz
genitive *fuhōniz *fuhōnǫ̂
dative *fuhōni *fuhōmaz
instrumental *fuhōnē *fuhōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fuhā, *fuggā
    • Old English: fogge
    • Old Saxon: foha
      • Middle Low German: vō
    • Old Dutch: fōa
    • Old High German: foha
      • Middle High German: vohe
  • Old Norse: fóa, fúa
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍉 (fauhō)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 1 Introduction, page 23
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fuhōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fuxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117
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