Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furkô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*furkǭ

Etymology

From Latin furca.

Noun

*furkô m

fork
Synonym: *gabalō

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *furkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*furkô	*furkaniz
vocative	*furkô	*furkaniz
accusative	*furkanų	*furkanunz
genitive	*furkiniz	*furkanǫ̂
dative	*furkini	*furkammaz
instrumental	*furkinē	*furkammiz

Descendants

Old English: forca, force
- Middle English: forke, fork, furke, forch, fourch
  - English: fork (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: fork
Old Frisian: forke
- North Frisian: forck
- West Frisian: foarke
Old Saxon: furka
- Middle Low German: vorke
  - → German: Forke
Old Dutch: furka
- Middle Dutch: vorke
  - Dutch: vork
    - Afrikaans: vurk
      - → Sotho: fereko ?
    - → Indonesian: porok
    - → Papiamentu: fòrki (from the diminutive)
Old High German: furka, furcha
- Middle High German: furke
  - Alemannic German: Furgge
Old Norse: forkr
- Danish: fork

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