Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/rebaʀ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

Likely a Wanderwort borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás (“jackal, fox”), possibly via Proto-Uralic *repäć.[1]

Noun

*rebaʀ m[1]

  1. fox

Descendants

  • Old Norse: refr
    • Icelandic: refur m
    • Faroese: revur m
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: rev m
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rev m
    • Elfdalian: röv m
    • Old Swedish: ræver
      • Swedish: räv c, räf (pre-1906 spelling)
    • Old Danish: ræf

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Palmér, Axel; Jakob, Anthony; Thorsø, Rasmus; Paulus, van Sluis; Swanenvleugel, Cid; Kroonen, Guus (2021), “Proto-Indo-European ‘fox’ and the reconstruction of an athematic ḱ-stem”, in Indo-European Linguistics‎[1], volume 9, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 248-9 of 234–263

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fuhsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 157-158
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