Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farwō

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 earlier *fargwō, from *fargwaz (“colorful”) +‎ *-ō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑr.wɔː/

Noun

*farwō f

1. colour

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *farwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*farwō	*farwôz
vocative	*farwō	*farwôz
accusative	*farwǭ	*farwōz
genitive	*farwōz	*farwǫ̂
dative	*farwōi	*farwōmaz
instrumental	*farwō	*farwōmiz

Derived terms

• *farwiþōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *faru
  • Old Frisian: ferwe, verwa
    • Saterland Frisian: Faawe
    • West Frisian: farve, ferve
  • Old Saxon: farwi, farawi, farw
    • Middle Low German: varwe, verwe
      • Low German: Faarf, Farf, Farv, Farve, Farw, Farwe
      • → Danish: farve
      • → Estonian: värv
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: farge
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: farge
      • → Old Swedish: færgha
        • Swedish: färg
          • → Finnish: väri
  • Old Dutch: *farwa
    • Middle Dutch: varwe
      • Dutch: verf
        • Afrikaans: verf
        • Negerhollands: verw
        • → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
        • → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
          • → Aukan: felifi
          • → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
          • → Saramaccan: féifi
      • Limburgish: varf
  • Old High German: farawa, farawī
    • Middle High German: varwe, farwe, verwe, var, far
      • Alemannic German:
        • Alsatian: Fàrb
        • Swabian: Farb
      • Bavarian: Foam

        Cimbrian: bèrbe

      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Forreb

        Ripuarian: Färv

      • German: Farbe (see there for further descendants)
      • Luxembourgish: Faarf
      • Vilamovian: förf
      • Yiddish: פֿאַרב (farb)
      • → Czech: barva (see there for further descendants)
      • → Lower Sorbian: barwa
      • → Slovene: barva
      • → Upper Sorbian: barba
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (farwa, dative singular) (a-stem of uncertain gender)

See also

Colors in Proto-Germanic · *farwôz (layout · text)

*blaikaz, *blankaz, *hwītaz, *blasaz	*falwaz, *grēwaz, *haswaz, *grīsaz, *hairaz	*blakaz, *swartaz
*raudaz	*brūnaz, *erpaz, *dusnaz	*gelwaz, *gulaz
*grōniz	*grōniz
	*blēwaz	*blēwaz, *hēwijaz
*blēwaz, *hēwijaz	*baswaz