Reconstruction:Old Dutch/farwa

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faru, from Proto-Germanic *farwō.

Noun

*farwa f

1. colour
2. paint, dye

Inflection

Declension of *farwa (feminine wō-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*farwa	*farwa, *farwon
accusative	*farwa, *farwon	*farwa, *farwon
genitive	*farwon	*farwono
dative	*farwon	*farwon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: varwe
  • Dutch: verf
    • Afrikaans: verf
    • Negerhollands: verw
    • → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
    • → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
      • → Aukan: felifi
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
      • → Saramaccan: féifi
  • Limburgish: varf