*furhō

Runic: ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸur.xɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

  1. fir; pine
  2. forest (of fir or pine trees)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pérk-u-s ~ *pr̥kʷ-éw-s (‘oak’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.furhōfurhôz
Acc.furhǭfurhōz
Gen.furhōzfurhǫ̂
Dat.furhōifurhōmaz
Inst.furhōfurhōmiz
Voc.furhōfurhôz

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Descendants

  • *furhu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fura (Old Dutch)
      • Forolta, Fornhese (Dutch)
  • *furhu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fyrh, furh (Old English)
      • firre (Middle English)
        • fir (English)
        • fir (Scots)
  • *furhu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fēre, *fiūre (Old Frisian)
      • Fjúre (Saterland Frisian)
  • *furhu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • furh, furuh (Old High German)
      • vorhe (Middle High German)
        • Föhre (German)
  • *furhu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • furia (Old Saxon)
      • vūre (Middle Low German)
        • Fuhr (Low German)
  • *ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛟ (*furho) (Proto-Norse)
    • fura (Old Norse)
      • fura (Faroese)
      • fura (Icelandic)
  • *ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛟ (*furho) (Proto-Norse)
    • fura (Old Norse)
      • fyr (Danish)
        • fyrr (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛟ (*furho) (Proto-Norse)
    • fura (Old Norse)
      • firre (Middle English)
        • fir (English)
  • *ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛟ (*furho) (Proto-Norse)
    • fura (Old Norse)
      • fura, fure, furu, furo, foro, føru, fårå, fåra, faro, før, får (Norwegian)
        • furu, fure (Danish)
          • furu (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛟ (*furho) (Proto-Norse)
    • fura (Old Norse)
      • fora (Old Swedish)
        • fura, furu (Swedish)
  • *ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛟ (*furho) (Proto-Norse)
    • *ᚠᚢᚱᚺᛁᛃᚨ (*furhija) (Proto-Norse)
      • fýri (Old Norse)

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