Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fuir

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

From Proto-Germanic *fōr.

Noun

*fuir n[1]

fire
Synonyms: *ail, *ailid

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fuir
Genitive	*fuiras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fuir	*fuiru
Accusative	*fuir	*fuiru
Genitive	*fuiras	*fuirō
Dative	*fuirē	*fuirum
Instrumental	*fuiru	*fuirum

Derived terms

*fuirēn

Descendants

Old English: fȳr
- Middle English: fyr, fier, vir, fer, fur
  - English: fire
    - → Japanese: ファイヤー (faiyā)
    - Sranan Tongo: faya
  - Scots: fyre, feier
  - Yola: vire, vier
Old Frisian: fiūr, fiōr
- Saterland Frisian: Fjúur
- West Frisian: fjoer
Old Saxon: fiur
- Middle Low German: vǖr
  - German Low German: Füür, Füer, Für
  - Plautdietsch: Fia
Old Dutch: fuïr
- Middle Dutch: vuur
  - Dutch: vuur
    - Afrikaans: vuur
    - Javindo: vier
    - Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
    - Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: fir
  - Limburgish: vuur
  - West Flemish: vier
  - Zealandic: vier
Old High German: fuïr (early), fiur
- Middle High German: viur, viwer, viuwer
  - Alemannic German: Füür
    Alsatian: Fiir
    
    Swabian: Feier, Fuiet, Fuur, Feiar
    
    Walser: fir
  - Bavarian: Faia, Feia
    Cimbrian: vôar, bôar, vaür
    
    Mòcheno: vaier
  - Central Franconian: Füür, Feier, Fouer
    Hunsrik: Feier, fayer
  - German: Feuer
  - East Central German:
    Silesian East Central German: Feier
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Palatine German: Faia
    
    Pennsylvania German: Feier
  - Luxembourgish: Feier
  - Vilamovian: faojer
  - Yiddish: פֿײַער (fayer)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 119: “*fuïr”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 119: “*fuïr”