See ferhwą in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "fermō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "firhwiþō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "firhwijaz"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*ferh"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *ferh\nOld English: feorh, feorg, ferh\nMiddle English: fere, vore\nOld Frisian: ferch\nOld Saxon: ferh, ferah\nOld High German: ferah\nMiddle High German: vërch\nGerman: Ferch (obsolete)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-West Germanic: *ferh\nOld English: feorh, feorg, ferh\nMiddle English: fere, vore\nOld Frisian: ferch\nOld Saxon: ferh, ferah\nOld High German: ferah\nMiddle High German: vërch\nGerman: Ferch (obsolete)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "fjǫr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse: fjǫr",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Norse: fjǫr"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "fjör"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic: fjör",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Icelandic: fjör"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "fjør"
},
"expansion": "Faroese: fjør",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Faroese: fjør"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃"
},
"expansion": "Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*ferhuz",
"t": "body; life; oak-tree"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body; life; oak-tree”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*perkʷ-",
"t": "oak"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "fjǫrg",
"t": "gods"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse fjǫrg (“gods”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*fergō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fergō",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably derived from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body; life; oak-tree”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak”), as oak trees symbolized life and vitality in Germanic mythology.\nOld Norse fjǫrg (“gods”), from Proto-Germanic *fergō, could originally be the plural of this neuter (“vital forces”?), with analogical vocalism instead of the expected *furgō (with delabialization in this context).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gem-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwą",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwą",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwą",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwǫ̂",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwamaz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwamiz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "gem-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Germanic",
"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferhwą",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ferhuz"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "West Proto-Germanic",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "67 17 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "84 8 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "96 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tree"
],
"id": "en-ferhwą-gem-pro-noun-3Jxe24st",
"links": [
[
"tree",
"tree"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(originally and in West Germanic) tree"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"body"
],
"id": "en-ferhwą-gem-pro-noun-Iw2DWNyO",
"links": [
[
"body",
"body"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*būkaz"
},
{
"word": "*lībą"
},
{
"word": "*ferhuz"
},
{
"word": "*līką"
},
{
"word": "*kruppaz"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"life"
],
"id": "en-ferhwą-gem-pro-noun-Y71wZe8e",
"links": [
[
"life",
"life"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*lībą"
},
{
"word": "*ferhuz"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɸer.xʷɑ̃/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
],
"word": "ferhwą"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
"Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-Germanic neuter nouns",
"Proto-Germanic nouns",
"Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "fermō"
},
{
"word": "firhwiþō"
},
{
"word": "firhwijaz"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*ferh"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *ferh\nOld English: feorh, feorg, ferh\nMiddle English: fere, vore\nOld Frisian: ferch\nOld Saxon: ferh, ferah\nOld High German: ferah\nMiddle High German: vërch\nGerman: Ferch (obsolete)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-West Germanic: *ferh\nOld English: feorh, feorg, ferh\nMiddle English: fere, vore\nOld Frisian: ferch\nOld Saxon: ferh, ferah\nOld High German: ferah\nMiddle High German: vërch\nGerman: Ferch (obsolete)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "fjǫr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse: fjǫr",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Norse: fjǫr"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "fjör"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic: fjör",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Icelandic: fjör"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "fjør"
},
"expansion": "Faroese: fjør",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Faroese: fjør"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃"
},
"expansion": "Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*ferhuz",
"t": "body; life; oak-tree"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body; life; oak-tree”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*perkʷ-",
"t": "oak"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "fjǫrg",
"t": "gods"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse fjǫrg (“gods”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*fergō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fergō",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably derived from Proto-Germanic *ferhuz (“body; life; oak-tree”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak”), as oak trees symbolized life and vitality in Germanic mythology.\nOld Norse fjǫrg (“gods”), from Proto-Germanic *fergō, could originally be the plural of this neuter (“vital forces”?), with analogical vocalism instead of the expected *furgō (with delabialization in this context).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gem-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwą",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwą",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwą",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwǫ̂",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwamaz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferhwamiz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "gem-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Germanic",
"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ferhwą",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "ferhuz"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"West Proto-Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"tree"
],
"links": [
[
"tree",
"tree"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(originally and in West Germanic) tree"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"body"
],
"links": [
[
"body",
"body"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*būkaz"
},
{
"word": "*lībą"
},
{
"word": "*ferhuz"
},
{
"word": "*līką"
},
{
"word": "*kruppaz"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"life"
],
"links": [
[
"life",
"life"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "*lībą"
},
{
"word": "*ferhuz"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɸer.xʷɑ̃/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
],
"word": "ferhwą"
}
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