Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fēbr

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin febris.

Noun

*fēbr m

fever
Synonym: *hriþō

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fēbr
Genitive	*fēbras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fēbr	fēbrō, fēbrōs
Accusative	*fēbr	*fēbrā
Genitive	*fēbras	*fēbrō
Dative	*fēbrē	*fēbrum
Instrumental	*fēbru	*fēbrum

Descendants

Old English: fefor, fefer
- Middle English: fever, fefer, feofer, fovre, fevre, fiever, fiver (with Old French fievre)
  - English: fever
  - Scots: fiver
Old Saxon: fēver, fēber
- Middle Low German: fēber, feber
  - → Danish: feber
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: feber
  - → Swedish: feber
Old Dutch: fēver
- Middle Dutch: feber, fieber
Old High German: fiebar
- Middle High German: fieber, vieber, feber
  - Cimbrian: viibar, biibar
  - German: Fieber
  - Luxembourgish: Féiwer

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