Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fuirēn

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 *fuir (“fire”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*fuirēn

1. to ignite, flare up, glow

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*fuirēn
1st sg. past	*fuir?dā
Infinitive	*fuirēn
Genitive infin.	*fuirēnijas
Dative infin.	*fuirēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*fuirēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*fuirē	*fuir?dā
2nd singular	*fuirēs	*fuir?dēs, *fuir?dēs
3rd singular	*fuirēþ	*fuir?dē, *fuir?dā
1st plural	*fuirēm	*fuir?dum
2nd plural	*fuirēþ	*fuir?dud
3rd plural	*fuirēnþ	*fuir?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*fuirē	*fuir?dī
2nd singular	*fuirēs	*fuir?dī
3rd singular	*fuirē	*fuir?dī
1st plural	*fuirēm	*fuir?dīm
2nd plural	*fuirēþ	*fuir?dīd
3rd plural	*fuirēn	*fuir?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*fuirē
Plural	*fuirēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*fuirēndī	*fuir?d

Descendants

• Old English: fȳrian
  • Middle English: firen
    • English: fire
• Old Frisian: *fioria
  • West Frisian: fjurje, fjoerje
• Old Saxon: *fiurōn
  • Middle Low German: vǖren
• Old Dutch: *fuiron
  • Middle Dutch: vuren, vieren
    • Dutch: vuren
• Old High German: fiurēn
  • Middle High German: viuren, viuweren, fiuren, fiuweren
    • German: feuern