Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehuhūsą

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 *fehu (“cattle, money”) +‎ *hūsą (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.xu.ˌxuː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*fehuhūsą n

1. stable, stall

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *fehuhūsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fehuhūsą	*fehuhūsō
vocative	*fehuhūsą	*fehuhūsō
accusative	*fehuhūsą	*fehuhūsō
genitive	*fehuhūsas, *fehuhūsis	*fehuhūsǫ̂
dative	*fehuhūsai	*fehuhūsamaz
instrumental	*fehuhūsō	*fehuhūsamiz

Descendants

• Old English: feohhūs (“treasury”)
  • Middle English: fehous
• Old Saxon: *fehuhūs
  • Middle Low German: vēhūs, veehūs, vhehūs
• Old High German: *fihuhūs
  • Middle High German: vihehūs
    • German: Viehhaus
• Old Norse: féhús, fjós
  • Icelandic: fjós
  • Faroese: fjós
  • Norwegian: fjøs
    • → Danish: fjøs
  • Old Swedish: fæhus
    • Swedish: fähus, fjos, fjös, fjäs, fäjs
  • Old Danish: fæhus
    • Danish: fæhus
• → Proto-Samic: *fievsē (see there for further descendants)