Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/parafred

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

Borrowed from Late Latin parafrēdus, palafrēdus, paravrēdus, from Latin paraverēdus.

Noun

*parafred m

horse
Synonyms: *ehw, *hross, *marh, *wigi

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*parafred
Genitive	*parafredas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*parafred	parafredō, parafredōs
Accusative	*parafred	*parafredā
Genitive	*parafredas	*parafredō
Dative	*parafredē	*parafredum
Instrumental	*parafredu	*parafredum

Descendants

Old Frisian: perd
Old Saxon: parafreth
- Middle Low German: pêrt, perht, peret, perit, port
  - German Low German: Peerd, Päärd, Piärd
Old Dutch: *parifrid, *perid
- Middle Dutch: pert
  - Dutch: paard, perd, peerd (dialectal)
    - Afrikaans: perd
      - → Phuthi: ipere
      - → Sotho: pere
    - Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd
    - → English: prad
  - Limburgish: paerd
  - West Flemish: peird
Old High German: pfarifrit, pharifrit, pharafrit, pferit, pherit
- Middle High German: phërt, pfërt, pfërit, pfaerît n
  - Central Franconian: Pääd, Perd (chiefly Moselle Franconian), Päärd (Siegerland Moselle Franconian)
    Hunsrik: Peerd, Peer, Pied
    Luxembourgish: Päerd
    Transylvanian Saxon: Faard
  - East Central German:
    Erzgebirgisch: [ˈpfaːɰ]
    Silesian East Central German: Faard
    Vilamovian: faod
  - German: Pferd
  - Rhine Franconian: Pääd, Päär, Per, Perd
    Frankfurterisch: [fæː(ɐ̯)t]
  - Yiddish: פֿערד (ferd)