Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farsī

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to provide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑr.siː/

Noun

*farsī f

1. (young) cow; heifer

Declension

ī/jō-stemDeclension of *farsī (ī/jō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*farsī	*farsijôz
vocative	*farsī	*farsijôz
accusative	*farsijǭ	*farsijōz
genitive	*farsijōz	*farsijǫ̂
dative	*farsijōi	*farsijōmaz
instrumental	*farsijō	*farsijōmiz

Related terms

• *farzaz
• *farzô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *farsi, *farsijā
  • >? Old English: *færu, *faro, *fore
    • ⇒ Old English: hēahfore, hēafaru, hēafru, hēahfru, hēhfore, hēhfaro, hēffere, hēhfare — Northumbrian
      • Middle English: heyfre, haffer, hayfare, hayfre, hefere, heffere, heffre, heyfer, heyfor, heyfur, heekfar, hefker, hekfare, hekfere, hekfore (with fortition)
        • English: heifer (obsolete dialectal hefker, hekfer)
        • Scots: heifer
        • Yola: hiver
  • Old Saxon: *fersia
    • Middle Low German: ferse, verse
      • German Low German: Färs
  • Old Dutch: *fersa
    • Middle Dutch: verse, varse, vaerse
      • Dutch: vaars, veers (dialectal)
  • Old High German: *fersea, *fersa
    • Middle High German: ferse, verse (perhaps borrowed from Low German)
      • German: Färse