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 Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑx.sɑ̃/

Noun

*fahsą n

1. hair
2. headhair, mane

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension 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

Related terms

• *fahtiz
• *fehtaną

Descendants

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