Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fagāną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyfull, pretty”), closely related to the strong verb *fehaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
*fagāną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *fagō | ? | — | ? | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *fagaisi | ? | *fagai | *fagāsai | ? | |
| 3rd singular | *fagaiþi | ? | *fagāþau | *fagāþai | ? | |
| 1st dual | *fagōs | ? | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *fagāþiz | ? | *fagāþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *fagāmaz | ? | — | *fagānþai | ? | |
| 2nd plural | *fagaiþ | ? | *fagaiþ | *fagānþai | ? | |
| 3rd plural | *fagānþi | ? | *fagānþau | *fagānþai | ? | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *fagadǭ | *fagadēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *fagadēz | *fagadēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *fagadē | *fagadēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *fagadēdū | *fagadēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *fagadēdudiz | *fagadēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *fagadēdum | *fagadēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *fagadēdud | *fagadēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *fagadēdun | *fagadēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *fagāndz | *fagadaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fagjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122: “*fahan-”