*fōr

Runic: ᚠᛟᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɔːr/

noun · neuter

Meanings

fire

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ~ *ph₂wéns (‘fire’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	fōr	–
Acc.	fōr	–
Gen.	funiz, fuiniz, funiniz	–
Dat.	funi, fuini, funini	–
Inst.	funē, fuinē, funinē	–
Voc.	fōr	–

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Descendants

*fuir (Proto-West Germanic)
- fuïr (Old Dutch)
  - vuur (Middle Dutch)
    - vuur (Limburgish)
    - vier (West Flemish)
    - vier (Zealandic)
*fuir (Proto-West Germanic)
- fuïr (Old Dutch)
  - vuur (Middle Dutch)
    - vuur, vier (Dutch)
      - vuur (Afrikaans)
      - vier (Javindo)
      - vuer, vîr (Jersey Dutch)
      - vuur, fi, vier (Negerhollands)
      - fir (Skepi Creole Dutch)
*fuir (Proto-West Germanic)
- fȳr (Old English)
  - fyr, fer, fier, fir, fyre, vir, fuir, fur, fuyr, vur, ver (Middle English)
    - fyre, feier (Scots)
    - vire, vier (Yola)
*fuir (Proto-West Germanic)
- fȳr (Old English)
  - fyr, fer, fier, fir, fyre, vir, fuir, fur, fuyr, vur, ver (Middle English)
    - fire (English)
      - ファイヤー (faiyā) (Japanese)
      - faya (Sranan Tongo)
*fuir (Proto-West Germanic)
- fiūr, fiōr (Old Frisian)
  - Fjúur (Saterland Frisian)
  - fjoer (West Frisian)
*fuir (Proto-West Germanic)
- fuïr, fiur (Old High German)
  - viur, viwer, viuwer (Middle High German)
    - Füür (Alemannic German)
    - Faia, Feia (Bavarian)
    - Füür, Feier, Fouer (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - Feuer (German)
    - Feier (Luxembourgish)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - faojer (Vilamovian)
    - פֿײַער (fayer) (Yiddish)
*fuir (Proto-West Germanic)
- fiur (Old Saxon)
  - viur, vuir, vü̂er, vü̂r (Middle Low German)
    - Fia (Plautdietsch)
*fuir (Proto-West Germanic)
- fiur (Old Saxon)
  - viur, vuir, vü̂er, vü̂r (Middle Low German)
    - Füür (Low German)
      - Füür, Füer, Für (German Low German)
fúrr (Old Norse)
- fýrur (Faroese)
- fúrr, fúr, fýr, fýri, funi (Icelandic)
- foni (Norn)
- fyr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- fyr (Swedish)
fúrr (Old Norse)
- für (Old Danish)
  - fyr (Danish)
    - fyr (Norwegian Bokmål)
fýr (Old Norse)
- fýrur (Faroese)
- fúrr, fúr, fýr, fýri, funi (Icelandic)
- foni (Norn)
- fyr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- fyr (Swedish)
fýr (Old Norse)
- für (Old Danish)
  - fyr (Danish)
    - fyr (Norwegian Bokmål)
fýrir (Old Norse)
- fýrur (Faroese)
- fúrr, fúr, fýr, fýri, funi (Icelandic)
- foni (Norn)
- fyr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- fyr (Swedish)
fýrir (Old Norse)
- für (Old Danish)
  - fyr (Danish)
    - fyr (Norwegian Bokmål)
funi (Old Norse)
- fýrur (Faroese)
- fúrr, fúr, fýr, fýri, funi (Icelandic)
- foni (Norn)
- fyr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- fyr (Swedish)
funi (Old Norse)
- für (Old Danish)
  - fyr (Danish)
    - fyr (Norwegian Bokmål)
𐍆𐍉𐌽 (fōn) (Gothic)
- fona (Portuguese)

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