Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/feuwar
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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]
From earlier *fewwār, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr.
Numeral[edit]
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *feuwar | ||
*feuwar[1]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: fēower, fēowor, fēowur
- Old Frisian: fiūwer
- Old Saxon: fiuwar, fiwar, fior
- Old Dutch: *fiuwar (found in toponym Viuwarflet now called Viervliet), *fior, fier
- Old High German: fior
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 121: “*feuwar”