*fahaz

Runic: ᚠᚨᚺᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑ.xɑz/

noun · neuter · z-stem

Meanings

sheep

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *póḱ-o-s, from root *peḱ-, (‘to pluck (wool, hair)’ or ‘wealth, livestock’). (Orel 2003) compares Ancient Greek πόκος (pókos) (pókos, ‘wool; shorn wool, fleece’), while (Kroonen 2013) compares Latin pecus (‘livestock’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.fahazfahizō
Acc.fahazfahizō
Gen.fahizizfahizǫ̂
Dat.fahizifahizumaz
Inst.fahizēfahizumiz
Voc.fahazfahizō

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Descendants

  • *fáʀ, fær (Old Norse)
    • Føroyar, førilús (Faroese)
    • fær (Icelandic)
    • fær, Færøyane (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *fáʀ, fær (Old Norse)
    • far (Old Danish)
      • får (Danish)
        • fár (Faroese)
        • får (Norwegian Bokmål)
        • får (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *fáʀ, fær (Old Norse)
    • fār (Old Swedish)
      • får (Swedish)

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