Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/feþruk

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 *feþru +‎ *-uk.

Noun

*feþruk m

little wing, pinion

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*feþruk
Genitive	*feþrukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*feþruk	feþrukō, feþrukōs
Accusative	*feþruk	*feþrukā
Genitive	*feþrukas	*feþrukō
Dative	*feþrukē	*feþrukum
Instrumental	*feþruku	*feþrukum

Alternative reconstructions

*feþrak, *fiþrik

Descendants

Old Saxon: fetherak, *fitherik
- Middle Low German: vederik, vēderik, viderik, veddrek
Old Dutch: fetherak, fetherac; fetheraco, fetheracco
- Middle Dutch: *vederik
  - Middle Dutch: vlederik, vlerik, vlerk (influenced by Middle Dutch vlogel)
    - Dutch: vlerk
      - Afrikaans: vlerk
      - → West Frisian: flerk
Old High German: fedarah, fiderih
- Middle High German: vëdrach, vederich
  - German: Federich (archaic or obsolete)