Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/funs

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

From Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

Adjective

*funs

1. ready to go

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*funs
Genitive	*funsas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*funs	*funsu	*funs
Accusative	*funsanā	*funsā	*funs
Genitive	*funsas	*funseʀā	*funsas
Dative	*funsumē	*funseʀē	*funsumē
Instrumental	*funsu	*funseʀu	*funsu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*funsē	*funsō	*funsu
Accusative	*funsā	*funsā	*funsu
Genitive	*funseʀō	*funseʀō	*funseʀō
Dative	*funsēm, *funsum	*funsēm, *funsum	*funsēm, *funsum
Instrumental	*funsēm, *funsum	*funsēm, *funsum	*funsēm, *funsum

Derived terms

• *funsijan

Descendants

• Old English: fūs
  • Middle English: fous, fus, fuus, vous, wous
• Old Saxon: fūs
• Old High German: funs
  • Middle High German: ?
    • Central Franconian: Fonz (perhaps in part)