Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/arfō

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic *arfô[1],[2] or borrowed from Latin ervum.[3]

Noun[edit]

*arfō m

  1. chickweed

Inflection[edit]

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *arfō
Genitive *arfini, *arfan
Singular Plural
Nominative *arfō *arfan
Accusative *arfan *arfan
Genitive *arfini, *arfan *arfanō
Dative *arfini, *arfan *arfum
Instrumental *arfini, *arfan *arfum

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arfan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*arfōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
  3. ^ van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) “erf¹”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), 2nd edition, Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
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