*farzaz

Runic: ᚠᚨᚱᛉᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑr.zɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. bull; ox
  2. steer

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *porh3-s-ó-s 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’). Related to * farsī (‘cow, heifer’) and *farzô (‘bull, ox; bullock, steer’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.farzazfarzōz, farzōs
Acc.farząfarzanz
Gen.farzas, farzisfarzǫ̂
Dat.farzaifarzamaz
Inst.farzōfarzamiz
Voc.farzfarzōz, farzōs

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Descendants

  • *farʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *far (Old Dutch)
      • vare, vaer (Middle Dutch)
  • *farʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fearr (Old English)
      • fearr (Middle English)
  • *farʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fēr (Old Frisian)
      • fēring (Old Frisian)
  • *farʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • far (Old High German)
      • var, phar (Middle High German)
        • Farr (German)
  • *farʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *farr (Old Saxon)
      • var, ver (Middle Low German)

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