Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahsą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (“hair”, literally “that which is combed, shorn, or plucked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέκος (pékos, “fleece”),[2] Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑx.sɑ̃/

    Noun

    *fahsą n[2]

    1. hair
    2. headhair, mane

    Inflection

    Declension of *fahsą (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *fahsą *fahsō
    vocative *fahsą *fahsō
    accusative *fahsą *fahsō
    genitive *fahsas, *fahsis *fahsǫ̂
    dative *fahsai *fahsamaz
    instrumental *fahsō *fahsamiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *fahs
      • Old English: feax
      • Old Frisian: fax
      • Old Saxon: fahs
      • Old Dutch: *fahs
      • Old High German: fahs
        • Middle High German: vahs
    • Old Norse: fax
      • Icelandic: fax
      • Faroese: faks
      • Norwegian Bokmål: faks
      • → Scots: fax (foam-topped wave, swell)

    References

    1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “vas”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*faxsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89
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