foster – Middle English noun declension

Noun: foster

Sg.	foster
Pl.	∗fostres

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like foster

myddel fynger, forefynger, ere fynger, ferthe fynger, cader, ryng fynger, leche fynger, foster, litel fynger,

Etymology

Inherited from Old English fōster, from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą; reinforced by Old English fōstre (“fosterer”). The vocalism is due to regular shortening before a three-consonant cluster (in the Old English oblique stem fōstr-). See: Old English Nouns 'fōster', Old English Nouns 'fōster', Old English Nouns 'fōstre'.

Verbs referencing "foster"

English Nouns foster.

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