Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fenestr

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 Latin fenestra.

Noun

*fenestr n

1. window

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fenestr
Genitive	*fenestras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fenestr	*fenestru
Accusative	*fenestr	*fenestru
Genitive	*fenestras	*fenestrō
Dative	*fenestrē	*fenestrum
Instrumental	*fenestru	*fenestrum

Alternative reconstructions

• *fenestrā f

Descendants

• Old English: fenester
  • Middle English: fenestre, fenester
• Old Frisian: finestre
  • West Frisian: finster, finstre
  • Saterland Frisian: finstere
• Old Saxon: *fenstar n, *fenestra f
  • Middle Low German: venster, fenster, venstere, vinster, vinstere
    • German Low German: Finster
    • → Old Swedish: fynster, finster
      • Swedish: fönster
• Old Dutch: fenstar
  • Middle Dutch: venster, venstre, veinster
    • Dutch: venster
      • Afrikaans: venster
        • → Fanagalo: festel
        • → Sotho: fenstere
        • → Xhosa: ifestile
        • → Zulu: ifasitela
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: fensre
      • Jersey Dutch: väänster, fäängster
      • Negerhollands: fenter, venstu, venster
      • Sranan Tongo: fensre
        • Aukan: fensee
        • Saramaccan: fensë
        • → Caribbean Javanese: fénsré
        • → Kari'na: fensere
      • → Lokono: penster
    • → West Frisian: veister
• Old High German: fenstar n, finestra, fenestra f
  • Middle High German: venster n or f, fenster
    • Alemannic German: Pfeister, Pfäischter, Feister, Fäischter, Pfenster

      Swabian: Fenschdr, Feaschter

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: béestar

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Fenster

      Luxembourgish: Fënster

    • East Central German:

      Erzgebirgisch: Fansder

      Upper Saxon German: Fensdor

      Vilamovian: faonster

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Fenster
      • → English: fenster
      • → North Frisian: Fenster
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Frankfurterisch: [fenz̥d̥æ̆]

      Palatine German: Fenschder

      Pennsylvania German: Fenschder

    • Yiddish: פֿענצטער (fentster)