Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fīru

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fēria.

Noun

*fīru f

1. liturgical feast

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fīru
Genitive	*fīrā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fīru	*fīrō
Accusative	*fīrā	*fīrā
Genitive	*fīrā	*fīrō
Dative	*fīrē	*fīrōm, *fīrum
Instrumental	*fīru	*fīrōm, *fīrum

Derived terms

• *fīrōn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: fīre
• Old Saxon: fīra
  • Middle Low German: vîr
    • German Low German: Fier
    • → Swedish: fira
• Old Dutch: *fīra
  • Middle Dutch: viere
• Old High German: fīra, fīrra, fiera
  • Middle High German: vīre, virre, vīere, vīer, fīre, firre, fīere, fīer
    • German: Feier