Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fuir

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 *fōr.

Noun

*fuir n

1. fire

   Synonyms: *ail, *ailid

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fuir
Genitive	*fuiras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fuir	*fuiru
Accusative	*fuir	*fuiru
Genitive	*fuiras	*fuirō
Dative	*fuirē	*fuirum
Instrumental	*fuiru	*fuirum

Derived terms

• *fuirēn

Descendants

• Old English: fȳr
  • Middle English: fyr, fier, vir, fer, fur
    • English: fire
      • → Japanese: ファイヤー (faiyā)
      • Sranan Tongo: faya
    • Scots: fyre, feier
    • Yola: vire, vier
• Old Frisian: fiūr, fiōr
  • Saterland Frisian: Fjúur
  • West Frisian: fjoer
• Old Saxon: fiur
  • Middle Low German: vǖr
    • German Low German: Füür, Füer, Für
    • Plautdietsch: Fia
• Old Dutch: fuïr
  • Middle Dutch: vuur
    • Dutch: vuur, vier (Southern)
      • Afrikaans: vuur
      • Javindo: vier
      • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
      • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir
    • Limburgish: vuur
    • West Flemish: vier
    • Zealandic: vier
• Old High German: fuïr (early), fiur
  • Middle High German: viur, viwer, viuwer
    • Alemannic German: Füür

      Alsatian: Fiir

      Swabian: Feier, Fuiet, Fuur, Feiar

      Walser: fir

    • Bavarian: Faia, Feia

      Cimbrian: vôar, bôar, vaür

      Mòcheno: vaier

    • Central Franconian: Füür, Feier, Fouer

      Hunsrik: Feier, fayer

    • German: Feuer
    • East Central German:

      Silesian East Central German: Feier

    • Rhine Franconian:

      Palatine German: Faia

      Pennsylvania German: Feier

    • Luxembourgish: Feier
    • Vilamovian: faojer
    • Yiddish: פֿײַער (fayer)