Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/firhwijō

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 *firhwijōz.

Noun

*firhwijō m pl[1]

  1. humans, people

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative —
Genitive —
Singular Plural
Nominative — *firhwijō, *firhwijōs
Accusative — *firhwijā
Genitive — *firhwijō
Dative — *firhwijum
Instrumental — *firhwijum

Descendants

  • Old English: fīras
  • Old Saxon: fīrihos
  • Old High German: firaha
  • →⇒? Latin: Alaferhviae (< *alafirhwijō)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *firhwijō (gen. pl.”
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