Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/forsku

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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]

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *furskō, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱ-eh₂, from *pr̥sḱéti (“to keep asking, question”)[1][2].

Noun[edit]

*forsku f

  1. question, inquiry

Inflection[edit]

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *forsku
Genitive *forskā
Singular Plural
Nominative *forsku *forskō
Accusative *forskā *forskā
Genitive *forskā *forskō
Dative *forskē *forskōm, *forskum
Instrumental *forsku *forskōm, *forskum

Related terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old High German: forsca

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fursko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*furskō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 120-121
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