Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fēbr

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 Latin febris.

Noun

*fēbr m

1. fever

   Synonym: *hriþō

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fēbr
Genitive	*fēbras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fēbr	*fēbrō, *fēbrōs
Accusative	*fēbr	*fēbrā
Genitive	*fēbras	*fēbrō
Dative	*fēbrē	*fēbrum
Instrumental	*fēbru	*fēbrum

Descendants

• Old English: fefor, fefer
  • Middle English: fever, fefer, feofer, fovre, fevre, fiever, fiver (with Old French fievre)
    • English: fever
    • Scots: fiver
• Old Saxon: fēver, fēber
  • Middle Low German: fēber, feber
    • → Danish: feber
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: feber
    • → Swedish: feber
• Old Dutch: fēver
  • Middle Dutch: feber, fieber
• Old High German: fiebar
  • Middle High German: fieber, vieber, feber
    • Cimbrian: viibar, biibar
    • German: Fieber
    • Luxembourgish: Féiwer