Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fagr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fagraz.

Adjective

*fagr[1]

  1. beautiful

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *fagr
Genitive *fagras
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *fagr *fagru *fagr
Accusative *fagranā *fagrā *fagr
Genitive *fagras *fagreʀā *fagras
Dative *fagrumē *fagreʀē *fagrumē
Instrumental *fagru *fagreʀu *fagru
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *fagrē *fagrō *fagru
Accusative *fagrā *fagrā *fagru
Genitive *fagreʀō *fagreʀō *fagreʀō
Dative *fagrēm, *fagrum *fagrēm, *fagrum *fagrēm, *fagrum
Instrumental *fagrēm, *fagrum *fagrēm, *fagrum *fagrēm, *fagrum

Descendants

  • Old English: fæger, fæġer
  • Old Saxon: fagar
  • Old Dutch: *fagar, *vagar (in placenames: vagara velda)
  • Old High German: fagar

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *fagr”
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