Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faihaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑi̯.xɑz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *póyḱos, from *peyḱ- (“to mark, color, decorate, embroider”).

Alternative forms

*faigaz

Adjective

*faihaz

coloured, decorated

Inflection

Declension of *faihaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faihaz	*faihai	*faihō	*faihôz	*faihą, -atō	*faihō
Accusative	*faihanǭ	*faihanz	*faihǭ	*faihōz	*faihą, -atō	*faihō
Genitive	*faihas, -is	*faihaizǫ̂	*faihaizōz	*faihaizǫ̂	*faihas, -is	*faihaizǫ̂
Dative	*faihammai	*faihaimaz	*faihaizōi	*faihaimaz	*faihammai	*faihaimaz
Instrumental	*faihanō	*faihaimiz	*faihaizō	*faihaimiz	*faihanō	*faihaimiz

Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faihô	*faihaniz	*faihǭ	*faihōniz	*faihô	*faihōnō
Accusative	*faihanų	*faihanunz	*faihōnų	*faihōnunz	*faihô	*faihōnō
Genitive	*faihiniz	*faihanǫ̂	*faihōniz	*faihōnǫ̂	*faihiniz	*faihanǫ̂
Dative	*faihini	*faihammaz	*faihōni	*faihōmaz	*faihini	*faihammaz
Instrumental	*faihinē	*faihammiz	*faihōnē	*faihōmiz	*faihinē	*faihammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *faih
- Old English: fāh, fāg
  - Middle English: fou, fāh, fow, foȝ, fawe
    - Scots: faw
- Old Saxon: fēh
  - Middle Low German: *vê (in compound vêwerk, veewerk)
- Old High German: fēh
  - Middle High German: vēch, vēhe, vē
    - German: Feh; (obsolete) fech, feh
Gothic: *𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (*faihs) (in 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (filufaihs))

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to be angry, hostile, evil; enemy”).