*farhaz

Runic: ᚠᚨᚱᚺᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑr.xɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

pig, piglet

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pórḱ-o-s (‘piglet’), an o-grade form of root *perḱ- (‘to open, rip up; to dig’), with its original meaning being ‘the digger’. Cognates are Polish prosię (‘piglet’), Manx ark (‘young pig, piglet’), Latin porcus (‘a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog’), and Lusitanian porcom (‘pig’). Related to *furhs (‘furrow’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	farhaz	farhōz, farhōs
Acc.	farhą	farhanz
Gen.	farhas, farhis	farhǫ̂
Dat.	farhai	farhamaz
Inst.	farhō	farhamiz
Voc.	farh	farhōz, farhōs

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Descendants

*farh (Proto-West Germanic)
- *far, *fare (Old Dutch)
  - farkīn, ferkīn (Old Dutch)
    - verkin, varekin, varkin (Middle Dutch)
      - varken, verken (Dutch)
        
        vark (Afrikaans)
*farh (Proto-West Germanic)
- fearh (Old English)
  - *farow, *fargh (Middle English)
    - farrow (English)
    - ferrae, ferry, farry (Scots)
*farh (Proto-West Germanic)
- *farch (Old Frisian)
  - Faarich, Farig (Saterland Frisian)
  - farken (West Frisian)
*farh (Proto-West Germanic)
- farah (Old High German)
  - varch (Middle High German)
*farh (Proto-West Germanic)
- farah (Old High German)
  - farhīli, farheli (Old High German)
    - verkel, verhel (Middle High German)
      - Färli (Alemannic German)
      - Ferkel (German)
      - Fierkel (Luxembourgish)
*farh (Proto-West Germanic)
- for, *farh (Old Saxon)
  - var, vare, vôr, ferch, verk (Middle Low German)
*farh (Proto-West Germanic)
- for, *farh (Old Saxon)
  - *farkīn (Old Saxon)
    - verken, varken (Middle Low German)
      - Farken (Low German)
*farr (Old Norse)
- *far (Old Swedish)
  - fargalter (Old Swedish)
    - fargalt (Swedish)

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