fihu

fihu

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock, domestic animals”).

Germanic cognates include Old Saxon fehu (Low German Veeh), Old English feoh (“cattle, property”) (English fee), Old Dutch fē (Dutch vee), Old Frisian fia (West Frisian fee), Old Norse fé (Danish fæ, Swedish fä), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu). The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit पशु (paśu, “cattle”), Latin pecus, Old Armenian ասր (asr, “fleece”) and Lithuanian pekus (“cattle”).

Noun

fihu n

  1. cattle

Declension

Protogermanic u-stem Declensions normally changed in Old High German to either i-stem or a-stem declensions, were sometimes the singular nominative and accusative still retained the final-u vowel.[1]

Declension of fihu (neuter a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative fihu fihu
accusative fihu fihu
genitive fihes fiho
dative fihe fihum
instrumental fihu —

Descendants

  • Middle High German: vihe, vëhe, vich, viech, vëch, vie, vē

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Old High German declension#The -u declension
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