*furkaz

Runic: ᚠᚢᚱᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸur.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

beam, pole, stake, stick

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *perg- (‘board, beam, post’). Cognate with Lithuanian pérgas (‘boat made from a tree-hollow, dugout, canoe’), Russian поро́г (poróg, ‘threshold, doorstep, sill’), Latin pergula (‘veranda, balcony, projection’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.furkazfurkōz, furkōs
Acc.furkąfurkanz
Gen.furkas, furkisfurkǫ̂
Dat.furkaifurkamaz
Inst.furkōfurkamiz
Voc.furkfurkōz, furkōs

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Descendants

  • *furk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *furkul, *forkul (Proto-West Germanic)
      • forclas (Old English)
      • ferkal, fercal (Old Saxon)
  • *fork (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *furkul, *forkul (Proto-West Germanic)
      • forclas (Old English)
      • ferkal, fercal (Old Saxon)
  • forkr (Old Norse)
    • forkutur (Faroese)
    • forkur (Icelandic)
    • fork, førk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • fork (Swedish)

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