Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frafal(ī)
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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]
Uncertain; possibly from *fra- (“fully”) + *fali (“evil, cruel”), or alternatively from *fra- + *afl (“strength, power”).[1]
Adjective[edit]
*frafal(ī)
Inflection[edit]
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *frafl | ||
| Genitive | *fraflas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *frafl | *fraflu | *frafl |
| Accusative | *fraflanā | *fraflā | *frafl |
| Genitive | *fraflas | *frafleʀā | *fraflas |
| Dative | *fraflumē | *frafleʀē | *fraflumē |
| Instrumental | *fraflu | *frafleʀu | *fraflu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fraflē | *fraflō | *fraflu |
| Accusative | *fraflā | *fraflā | *fraflu |
| Genitive | *frafleʀō | *frafleʀō | *frafleʀō |
| Dative | *fraflēm, *fraflum | *fraflēm, *fraflum | *fraflēm, *fraflum |
| Instrumental | *fraflēm, *fraflum | *fraflēm, *fraflum | *fraflēm, *fraflum |
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *fraflī | ||
| Genitive | *fraflijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fraflī | *frafliju | *fraflī |
| Accusative | *fraflijanā | *fraflijā | *fraflī |
| Genitive | *fraflijas | *fraflijeʀā | *fraflijas |
| Dative | *fraflijumē | *fraflijeʀē | *fraflijumē |
| Instrumental | *frafliju | *fraflijeʀu | *frafliju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fraflijē | *fraflijō | *frafliju |
| Accusative | *fraflijā | *fraflijā | *frafliju |
| Genitive | *fraflijeʀō | *fraflijeʀō | *fraflijeʀō |
| Dative | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum |
| Instrumental | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum | *fraflijēm, *fraflijum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: fræfele, frævol
- Old Frisian: *frevel
- Saterland Frisian: friewel
- Old Saxon: fravol
- Old High German: frafali, fravali
- → Medieval Latin: frafalius, farfalius (“empty, trifling, worthless, frivolous”)
References[edit]
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “wrevel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press