Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/forsku

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

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *furskō, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱ-eh₂, from *pr̥sḱéti (“to keep asking, question”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*forsku f

question, inquiry

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*forsku
Genitive	*forskā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*forsku	*forskō
Accusative	*forskā	*forskā
Genitive	*forskā	*forskō
Dative	*forskē	forskōm, forskum
Instrumental	*forsku	forskōm, forskum

Related terms

*fregnan

Derived terms

*forskōn

Descendants

Old High German: forsca
- Middle High German: vorsche
  - German: Forsche

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fursko-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*furskō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 120-121

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fursko-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*furskō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 120-121

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