Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farhaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑr.xɑz/

Noun

*farhaz m

pig, piglet

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *farhaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*farhaz	farhōz, farhōs
vocative	*farh	farhōz, farhōs
accusative	*farhą	*farhanz
genitive	farhas, farhis	*farhǫ̂
dative	*farhai	*farhamaz
instrumental	*farhō	*farhamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *farh
- Old English: fearh
  - Middle English: *farow, *fargh (attested only in plural form faren)
    - English: farrow
    - Scots: ferrae, ferry, farry
- Old Frisian: *farch
  - Saterland Frisian: Faarich
- 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
  - Middle Dutch: *var
    - Dutch: var (rare)
  - ⇒ Old Dutch: farkīn, ferkīn (diminutive)
    - Middle Dutch: verkin, varekin, varkin
      - Dutch: varken
        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
Old Norse: *farr
- Old Swedish: *far
  - ⇒ Old Swedish: fargalter
    - Swedish: fargalt

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