Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fruht

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 fructus.

Noun

*fruht m

1. fruit

   Synonyms: *applu, *obaet

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fruht
Genitive	*fruhtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fruht	*fruhtu
Accusative	*fruht	*fruhtu
Genitive	*fruhtas	*fruhtō
Dative	*fruhtē	*fruhtum
Instrumental	*fruhtu	*fruhtum

Alternative reconstructions

• *fruhti f

Descendants

• Old Frisian: frucht
  • North Frisian: frücht
  • Saterland Frisian: Frucht
  • West Frisian: frucht
• Old Saxon: fruht
  • Middle Low German: vrucht, frucht, vrocht
    • German Low German: Frucht
    • Plautdietsch: Frucht
    • → Old Norse: fruktr
      • Danish: frugt
        • → Faroese: frukt
      • Norwegian: frukt
      • Old Swedish: frukt
        • Swedish: frukt
• Old Dutch: fruht
  • Middle Dutch: vrucht
    • Dutch: vrucht
      • Afrikaans: vrug
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: fruktu
      • Jersey Dutch: vrœxt
      • Negerhollands: vrucht, vrygt
      • Petjo: fruh
      • → Javanese: fruktu
      • → Sranan Tongo: froktu, fruktu (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: vröch
• Old High German: fruht
  • Middle High German: fruht, vruht
    • Alemannic German: Frucht
    • Bavarian: Frucht
    • Central Franconian: Frooch, Frocht, Frut, Fruucht

      Hunsrik: Frucht

      Luxembourgish: Fruucht

    • East Central German:

      Vilamovian: fru̇ht

    • German: Frucht
    • Rhine Franconian: Frocht, Froucht, Frucht, Fruucht
    • Yiddish: פֿרוכט (frukht)