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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *fehaną (“to rejoice, be glad”) + *-janą.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɸɑɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*fagjaną[1]
- (East Germanic) to cause to rejoice
- (East Germanic) to please
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fagjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122