*farsī

Runic: ᚠᚨᚱᛊᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑr.siː/

noun · feminine · ī/jō-stem

Meanings

cow; heifer

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pórh3-s-ih2 from an o-grade, s-extended form of root *perh3- (‘to provide, produce, beget’). Cognates are Latin pariō (‘to bear, to give birth to’), Lithuanian perėti (‘brood’), Greek πόρτῐς (pórtĭs, ‘a calf, young heifer’), and Sanskrit पृथुक (pṛthuka) (pṛthuka, ‘boy; the young of any animal’). A feminine form related to male *farzaz (‘bull, ox; stier’) and *farzô (‘bull, ox; bullock steer’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.farsīfarsijôz
Acc.farsijǭfarsijōz
Gen.farsijōzfarsijǫ̂
Dat.farsijōifarsijōmaz
Inst.farsijōfarsijōmiz
Voc.farsīfarsijôz

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Descendants

  • *farsi, farsijā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fersa (Old Dutch)
      • verse, varse, vaerse (Middle Dutch)
        • vaars, veers (Dutch)
  • *farsi, farsijā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *færu, *faro, *fore (Old English)
      • hēahfore, hēafaru, hēafru, hēahfru, hēhfore, hēhfaro, hēffere, hēhfare (Old English)
        • heyfre, haffer, hayfare, hayfre, hefere, heffere, heffre, heyfer, heyfor, heyfur, heekfar, hefker, hekfare, hekfere, hekfore (Middle English)
          • heifer (English)
          • heifer (Scots)
  • *farsi, farsijā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fersa (Old High German)
      • ferse (Middle High German)
        • Färse (German)
  • *farsi, farsijā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fersia (Old Saxon)
      • ferse, verse (Middle Low German)
        • Färs (Low German)

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