Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fōdr
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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 1
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder”).
Noun
[edit]*fōdr n
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *fōdr | |
| Genitive | *fōdras | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fōdr | *fōdru |
| Accusative | *fōdr | *fōdru |
| Genitive | *fōdras | *fōdrō |
| Dative | *fōdrē | *fōdrum |
| Instrumental | *fōdru | *fōdrum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: fōdor
- Old Frisian: fōder
- Old Saxon: *fōdar
- Middle Low German: vōder
- Old Dutch: *fuodar
- Old High German: fuotar
- → Old French: fuerre (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”).
Noun
[edit]*fōdr n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *fōdr | |
| Genitive | *fōdras | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fōdr | *fōdru |
| Accusative | *fōdr | *fōdru |
| Genitive | *fōdras | *fōdrō |
| Dative | *fōdrē | *fōdrum |
| Instrumental | *fōdru | *fōdrum |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *fōdr”