Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahaną

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with Latin pangere (“to fasten”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɑ.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fahaną

to fasten, to fit together

Inflection

Conjugation of *fahaną (strong class 6)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*fahō	*fahaų	—	*fahai	?
2nd singular	*fahizi	*fahaiz	*fah	*fahazai	*fahaizau
3rd singular	*fahidi	*fahai	*fahadau	*fahadai	*fahaidau
1st dual	*fahōz	*fahaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fahadiz	*fahaidiz	*fahadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fahamaz	*fahaim	—	*fahandai	*fahaindau
2nd plural	*fahid	*fahaid	*fahid	*fahandai	*fahaindau
3rd plural	*fahandi	*fahain	*fahandau	*fahandai	*fahaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fōg	*fōgį̄
2nd singular	*fōht	*fōgīz
3rd singular	*fōg	*fōgī
1st dual	*fōgū	*fōgīw
2nd dual	*fōgudiz	*fōgīdiz
1st plural	*fōgum	*fōgīm
2nd plural	*fōgud	*fōgīd
3rd plural	*fōgun	*fōgīn

	present	past
participles	*fahandz	*faganaz

Derived terms

Related terms

*fanhaną

Descendants

There are no attested descendants of this word, but it must have existed because the causative derived from it is attested in several languages.

References

Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN