Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fēgōną

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

Uncertain, either from:

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“secure, attach, strengthen”), for a similar semantic development see Lithuanian puõsti (“to decorate, make pretty”).
Or from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful, pretty”), closely related to the strong verb *fehaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛː.ɣɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fēgōną^[1]

to polish
to clean
to sweep

Inflection

Conjugation of *fēgōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*fēgō	*fēgǭ	—	*fēgōi	?
2nd singular	*fēgōsi	*fēgōs	*fēgō	*fēgōsai	*fēgōsau
3rd singular	*fēgōþi	*fēgō	*fēgōþau	*fēgōþai	*fēgōþau
1st dual	*fēgōs	*fēgōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fēgōþiz	*fēgōþiz	*fēgōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fēgōmaz	*fēgōm	—	*fēgōnþai	*fēgōnþau
2nd plural	*fēgōþ	*fēgōþ	*fēgōþ	*fēgōnþai	*fēgōnþau
3rd plural	*fēgōnþi	*fēgōn	*fēgōnþau	*fēgōnþai	*fēgōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fēgōdǭ	*fēgōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*fēgōdēz	*fēgōdēdīz
3rd singular	*fēgōdē	*fēgōdēdī
1st dual	*fēgōdēdū	*fēgōdēdīw
2nd dual	*fēgōdēdudiz	*fēgōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*fēgōdēdum	*fēgōdēdīm
2nd plural	*fēgōdēdud	*fēgōdēdīd
3rd plural	*fēgōdēdun	*fēgōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*fēgōndz	*fēgōdaz

Related terms

*fēgijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fāgōn, *fegōn (ablaut variant)
- Old Frisian: fēgia
  - West Frisian: feie, fege
- Old Saxon: *fāgōn
  - Middle Low German: vāgen
- Old Dutch: *fāgon
  - Middle Dutch: vâgen
    - Dutch: vagen
Old Norse: fága
- Icelandic: fága

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fēʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fēʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102

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