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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawaz

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

Alternative forms

  • *fahwaz, *fauhaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.wɑz/

Adjective

*fawaz (comparative *fawizô, superlative *fawistaz)

  1. few
  2. little (small amount of)

Inflection


Antonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fau
    • Old English: fēaw
    • Old Frisian:
    • Old Saxon: faho, ,
      • Middle Low German: fȫge, vȫge
        • Low German: fege, vöge
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: føyen[1]
        • Old Danish: føghe, føffue[2]
        • Old Swedish: føgha, føgho, føghe
    • Old High German: fao, , fōh
  • Old Norse: fár
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus)

References

  1. “føyen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  2. “føye” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  3. føje” in Den Danske Ordbog
  4. föga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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