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      Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faih
Proto-West Germanic
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“coloured”).
Inflection
    
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *faih | ||
| Genitive | *faihas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | *faih | *faihu | *faih | 
| Accusative | *faihanā | *faihā | *faih | 
| Genitive | *faihas | *faiheʀā | *faihas | 
| Dative | *faihumē | *faiheʀē | *faihumē | 
| Instrumental | *faihu | *faiheʀu | *faihu | 
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | *faihē | *faihō | *faihu | 
| Accusative | *faihā | *faihā | *faihu | 
| Genitive | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō | 
| Dative | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | 
| Instrumental | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | 
Descendants
    
Etymology 2
    
From Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“hostile”).
Inflection
    
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *faih | ||
| Genitive | *faihas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | *faih | *faihu | *faih | 
| Accusative | *faihanā | *faihā | *faih | 
| Genitive | *faihas | *faiheʀā | *faihas | 
| Dative | *faihumē | *faiheʀē | *faihumē | 
| Instrumental | *faihu | *faiheʀu | *faihu | 
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | *faihē | *faihō | *faihu | 
| Accusative | *faihā | *faihā | *faihu | 
| Genitive | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō | *faiheʀō | 
| Dative | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | 
| Instrumental | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | *faihēm, *faihum | 
Derived terms
    
Descendants
    
References
    
- Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *faih”
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