Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fenestr

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

Borrowed from Latin fenestra.

Noun

*fenestr n

window

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fenestr
Genitive	*fenestras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fenestr	*fenestru
Accusative	*fenestr	*fenestru
Genitive	*fenestras	*fenestrō
Dative	*fenestrē	*fenestrum
Instrumental	*fenestru	*fenestrum

Alternative reconstructions

*fenestrā f

Descendants

Old English: fenester
- Middle English: fenestre, fenester
Old Frisian: finestre
- West Frisian: finster, finstre
- Saterland Frisian: finstere
Old Saxon: *fenstar n, *fenestra f
- Middle Low German: venster, fenster, venstere, vinster, vinstere
  - German Low German: Finster
  - → Old Swedish: fynster, finster
    - Swedish: fönster
Old Dutch: fenstar
- Middle Dutch: venster, venstre, veinster
  - Dutch: venster
    - Afrikaans: venster
      - → Fanagalo: festel
      - → Sotho: fenstere
      - → Xhosa: ifestile
      - → Zulu: ifasitela
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: fensre
    - Jersey Dutch: väänster, fäängster
    - Negerhollands: fenter, venstu, venster
    - → Arawak: penster
    - → Sranan Tongo: fensre
      - → Aukan: fensee
      - → Caribbean Javanese: fénsré
      - → Galibi Carib: fensere
      - → Saramaccan: fensë
  - → West Frisian: veister
Old High German: fenstar n, finestra, fenestra f
- Middle High German: venster f, fenster
  - Alemannic German: Pfeister, Pfäischter, Feister, Fäischter, Pfenster
    Swabian: Fenschdr, Feaschter
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: béestar
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Fenster
    Luxembourgish: Fënster
  - East Central German:
    Erzgebirgisch: Fansder
    Upper Saxon: Fensdor
    Vilamovian: faonster
  - East Franconian:
  - German: Fenster
    - → English: fenster
    - → North Frisian: Fenster
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Frankfurterisch: [fenz̥d̥æ̆]
    Palatine German: Fenschder
    Pennsylvania German: Fenschder
  - Yiddish: פֿענצטער‎ (fentster)

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