Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fēaną

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

Etymology

Related to *fijāną (“to hate, to dislike”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fēaną^[1]

(East Germanic) to blame

Inflection

Conjugation of *fēaną (strong class 7d)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*fēō	*fēaų	—	*fēai	?
2nd singular	*fēizi	*fēaiz	*fē	*fēazai	*fēaizau
3rd singular	*fēidi	*fēai	*fēadau	*fēadai	*fēaidau
1st dual	*fēōz	*fēaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fēadiz	*fēaidiz	*fēadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fēamaz	*fēaim	—	*fēandai	*fēaindau
2nd plural	*fēid	*fēaid	*fēid	*fēandai	*fēaindau
3rd plural	*fēandi	*fēain	*fēandau	*fēandai	*fēaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fefō	*fefōį̄
2nd singular	*fefōt	*fefōīz
3rd singular	*fefō	*fefōī
1st dual	*fefōū	*fefōīw
2nd dual	*fefōudiz	*fefōīdiz
1st plural	*fefōum	*fefōīm
2nd plural	*fefōud	*fefōīd
3rd plural	*fefōun	*fefōīn

	present	past
participles	*fēandz	*fēanaz

Descendants

Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fēan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fēan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fēaną

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