Jump to content

Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/firhwijō barnu

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
 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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From *firhwijō (“humans, people”) +‎ *barn (“children”). Possible analog to Old Norse fíra synir.

Noun

[edit]

*firhwijō barnu n pl

  1. sons of men, mankind

Descendants

[edit]
  • Old English: fíra bearn
  • Old Saxon: firihō barn
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/firhwijō_barnu&oldid=78226317"