Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/farh

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 *farhaz.

Noun

*farh m

piglet

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*farh
Genitive	*farhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*farh	farhō, farhōs
Accusative	*farh	*farhā
Genitive	*farhas	*farhō
Dative	*farhē	*farhum
Instrumental	*farhu	*farhum

Descendants

Old English: fearh
- Middle English: *farow, *fargh (attested only in plural form faren)
  - English: farrow
  - Scots: ferrae, ferry, farry
  - Yola: farragh
Old Frisian: *farch
- Saterland Frisian: Faarich, Farig
- West Frisian: farken
Old Saxon: for, *farh
- Middle Low German: var, vare, vôr, ferch, verk
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *farkīn (diminutive)
  - Middle Low German: verken, varken
    - Low German: Farken
Old Dutch: *far, *fare
- ⇒ Old Dutch: farkīn, ferkīn (diminutive)
  - Middle Dutch: verkin, varekin, varkin
    - Dutch: varken, verken (dialectal)
      - Afrikaans: vark
      - Jersey Dutch: vārk
      - Negerhollands: varki, fergi, farki, ferkikin, verken
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: fark
Old High German: farah
- Middle High German: varch
- ⇒ Old High German: farhīli, farheli (diminutive)
  - Middle High German: verkel, verhel
    - Alemannic German: Färli
    - German: Ferkel
    - Luxembourgish: Fierkel