*furhs

Runic: ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛊ Pronunciation: /ˈɸurxs/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

furrow

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (‘to dig’). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (‘furrow’), Latin porca (‘lynchet’), Lithuanian praparšas (‘ditch’), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna) (párśāna, ‘chasm’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.furhsfurhiz
Acc.furhųfurhunz
Gen.furhizfurhǫ̂
Dat.furhifurhumaz
Inst.furhēfurhumiz
Voc.furhfurhiz

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Descendants

  • *furh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *furh, *furuh (Old Dutch)
      • vōre, vuere (Middle Dutch)
        • voor, vore (Dutch)
  • *furh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • furh, furuh (Old English)
      • forow, furgh (Middle English)
        • furrow (English)
        • furr (Scots)
  • *furh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • furch (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
      • Fuurge (Saterland Frisian)
      • fuorge (West Frisian)
  • *furh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • furh, furuh (Old High German)
      • forra (Italian)
  • *furh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • furh, furuh (Old High German)
      • vurch (Middle High German)
        • Furche (German)
        • Fuer (Luxembourgish)
        • fiüch (Vilamovian)
  • *furh (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *furh, furuh (Old Saxon)
      • vōre, vōr (Middle Low German)
        • Föör (Low German)
  • for (Old Norse)
    • for (Norwegian)
  • for (Old Norse)
    • for (Old Swedish)
      • fåra (Swedish)
  • *horho (Proto-Finnic)

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