Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/parafred

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 Late Latin parafrēdus, palafrēdus, paravrēdus, from Latin paraverēdus.

Noun

*parafred m

1. horse

   Synonyms: *ehw, *hross, *marh, *wigi

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*parafred
Genitive	*parafredas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*parafred	*parafredō, *parafredōs
Accusative	*parafred	*parafredā
Genitive	*parafredas	*parafredō
Dative	*parafredē	*parafredum
Instrumental	*parafredu	*parafredum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: perd
• Old Saxon: parafreth
  • Middle Low German: pêrt, perht, peret, perit, port
    • German Low German: Peerd, Päärd, Piärd
• Old Dutch: *parifrid, *perid
  • Middle Dutch: pert
    • Dutch: paard, perd
      • Afrikaans: perd
        • → Phuthi: ipere
        • → Sotho: pere
      • Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd
      • → English: prad
    • Limburgish: paerd
    • West Flemish: peird
• Old High German: pfarifrit, pharifrit, pharafrit, pferit, pherit
  • Middle High German: phërt, pfërt, pfërit, pfaerît n
    • Central Franconian: Pääd, Perd; Päärd

      Hunsrik: Peerd, Peer, Pied

      Luxembourgish: Päerd

      Transylvanian Saxon: Faard

    • East Central German:

      Erzgebirgisch: [ˈpfaːɰ]

      Silesian East Central German: Faard

      Vilamovian: faod

    • German: Pferd
    • Rhine Franconian: Pääd, Päär, Per, Perd

      Frankfurterisch: [fæː(ɐ̯)t]

    • Yiddish: פֿערד (ferd)