Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furbēn
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *prep- (“to appear”),[1] or perhaps Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“to clean”),[2] cognate with Hittite 𒈦𒆪𒉿𒀭𒍣 (pár-ku-wa-an-zi /parkuwanzi/, “to make clean, to clear”).
Verb
[edit]*furbēn
- to clean
Inflection
[edit]Class 3 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *furbēn | |
1st sg. past | *furb?dā | |
Infinitive | *furbēn | |
Genitive infin. | *furbēnijas | |
Dative infin. | *furbēnijē | |
Instrum. infin. | *furbēniju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *furbē | *furb?dā |
2nd singular | *furbēs | *furb?dēs, *furb?dēs |
3rd singular | *furbēþ | *furb?dē, *furb?dā |
1st plural | *furbēm | *furb?dum |
2nd plural | *furbēþ | *furb?dud |
3rd plural | *furbēnþ | *furb?dun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *furbē | *furb?dī |
2nd singular | *furbēs | *furb?dī |
3rd singular | *furbē | *furb?dī |
1st plural | *furbēm | *furb?dīm |
2nd plural | *furbēþ | *furb?dīd |
3rd plural | *furbēn | *furb?dīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *furbē | |
Plural | *furbēþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *furbēndī | *furb?d |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: *feorbian, *feorfian, feormian
- Old Saxon: furbian, furvian
- Old High German: furbēn
- → Old French: forbir, fourbir, furbir
- Middle French: foubir
- French: fourbir
- → Middle English: furbisshen
- English: furbish
- Middle French: foubir
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “prep-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 845
- ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) “?*perkʷ-¹”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²[1]