Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faraweg

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

From *far or *faru (“journey”) +‎ *weg (“way”).

Noun

*faraweg m

1. fareway

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faraweg
Genitive	*farawegas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faraweg	*farawegō, *farawegōs
Accusative	*faraweg	*farawegā
Genitive	*farawegas	*farawegō
Dative	*farawegē	*farawegum
Instrumental	*farawegu	*farawegum

Alternative reconstructions

• *faruweg

Descendants

• Old English: færweġ, ferweġ, *fareweġ
  • Middle English: farewaye, fairway, fare-waye
    • English: fareway
• Old Frisian: *farewei, *ferewei
  • West Frisian: farwei
• Old Saxon: *farweg, *faraweg
  • Middle Low German: varewech, vaerwech, vārwech
• Old Dutch: *farweg, *faraweg
  • Middle Dutch: vaerwech
    • Dutch: vaarweg
• Old High German: *farweg, *faraweg
  • Middle High German: farwec, varwec
    • German: Fahrweg