Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/firsti

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

From Proto-Germanic *firstiz.

Noun

*firsti m^[1]

ridgepole

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*firsti
Genitive	*firstī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*firsti	*firstī
Accusative	*firsti	*firstī
Genitive	*firstī	*firstijō
Dative	*firstī	firstim, firstijum
Instrumental	*firstī	firstim, firstijum

Descendants

Old English: first, fierst, fyrst
- Middle English: first, virst
  - Scots: first
Old Saxon: first
- Middle Low German: verst
  - Low German: verst
Old Dutch: *first
- Middle Dutch: verste
  - Dutch: verste (obsolete)
Old High German: first
- Middle High German: virst, vierst, vërst, virste
  - Cimbrian: biarst
  - German: First
  - Luxembourgish: Fiischt
→ Old French: feste
- French: faîte

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 248: “PWGmc *firsti”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 248: “PWGmc *firsti”

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