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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arfô

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

Etymology

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Noun

*arfô m[1]

  1. chickweed

Inflection
Declension of *arfô (an-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *arfô *arfaniz
Vocative *arfô *arfaniz
Accusative *arfanų *arfanunz
Genitive *arfiniz *arfanǫ̂
Dative *arfini *arfammaz
Instrumental *arfinē *arfammiz


Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *arfō
    • Old English: earfan pl
    • Old Frisian: *arfa
    • Old Saxon: *arfo
      • Middle Low German: *arfe
        • German Low German: Arf
        • →? Old Norse: arfi, ᛅᚱᚠᛁ (arfi); ᛅᚱᚠᛅ (arfa); ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛆᚱᚠᛆᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛅᚱᚠᛅᚱ (arfar)
    • Old Dutch: *arfo
      • Middle Dutch: *erfe
  • Old Norse: arfi, ᛅᚱᚠᛁ (arfi); ᛅᚱᚠᛅ (arfa); ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛆᚱᚠᛆᛦ (arfaʀ), ᛅᚱᚠᛅᚱ (arfar)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arfan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
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