Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fedurþungaz

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 *fedurþô +‎ *-ungaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸe.ður.θuŋ.ɡɑz/

Noun

*fedurþungaz m

  1. A fourth part, a quarter

Declension

Declension of *fedurþungaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fedurþungaz *fedurþungōz, *fedurþungōs
vocative *fedurþung *fedurþungōz, *fedurþungōs
accusative *fedurþungą *fedurþunganz
genitive *fedurþungas, *fedurþungis *fedurþungǫ̂
dative *fedurþungai *fedurþungamaz
instrumental *fedurþungō *fedurþungamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *feurþung
    • Old English: fēorþung, fēorþing
    • Old Frisian: fiārdēng; fiārdunge
    • Old Saxon: *fiorthung
      • Middle Low German: vêrdunc, vêrdinc, vêrding, vêrdink, vö̂rdinc, vîrdent
    • Old Dutch: *fiorthung
      • Middle Dutch: vierdunc, vierdinc, vierding, vierdonc
        • Dutch: vierding, vierdonk
    • Old High German: *fiordung
      • Middle High German: vierdunc, virdunc, vierdinc
        • German: Vierdung, Vierding
          • Polish: wiardunek[1]
  • Old Norse: fjórðungr
    • Icelandic: fjórðungur
    • Faroese: fjórðingur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fjerding

References