Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faihaz

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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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to be angry, hostile, evil; enemy”).

Adjective

*faihaz

  2. hostile, criminal
Inflection
Declension of *faihaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *faihaz *faihō *faihą, -atō *faihai *faihôz *faihō
accusative *faihanǭ *faihǭ *faihą, -atō *faihanz *faihōz *faihō
genitive *faihas, -is *faihaizōz *faihas, -is *faihaizǫ̂ *faihaizǫ̂ *faihaizǫ̂
dative *faihammai *faihaizōi *faihammai *faihaimaz *faihaimaz *faihaimaz
instrumental *faihanō *faihaizō *faihanō *faihaimiz *faihaimiz *faihaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *faihô *faihǭ *faihô *faihaniz *faihōniz *faihōnō
accusative *faihanų *faihōnų *faihô *faihanunz *faihōnunz *faihōnō
genitive *faihiniz *faihōniz *faihiniz *faihanǫ̂ *faihōnǫ̂ *faihanǫ̂
dative *faihini *faihōni *faihini *faihammaz *faihōmaz *faihammaz
instrumental *faihinē *faihōnē *faihinē *faihammiz *faihōmiz *faihammiz
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *faih
    • Old English: fāh
      • Middle English: fo
    • Old Frisian: fāch
    • Old Dutch: *fēh, *gifēh
    • Old High German: gifēh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *póyḱos, from *peyḱ- (“to mark, color, decorate, embroider”).

Alternative reconstructions

Adjective

*faihaz

  2. coloured, decorated
Inflection
Declension of *faihaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *faihaz *faihō *faihą, -atō *faihai *faihôz *faihō
accusative *faihanǭ *faihǭ *faihą, -atō *faihanz *faihōz *faihō
genitive *faihas, -is *faihaizōz *faihas, -is *faihaizǫ̂ *faihaizǫ̂ *faihaizǫ̂
dative *faihammai *faihaizōi *faihammai *faihaimaz *faihaimaz *faihaimaz
instrumental *faihanō *faihaizō *faihanō *faihaimiz *faihaimiz *faihaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *faihô *faihǭ *faihô *faihaniz *faihōniz *faihōnō
accusative *faihanų *faihōnų *faihô *faihanunz *faihōnunz *faihōnō
genitive *faihiniz *faihōniz *faihiniz *faihanǫ̂ *faihōnǫ̂ *faihanǫ̂
dative *faihini *faihōni *faihini *faihammaz *faihōmaz *faihammaz
instrumental *faihinē *faihōnē *faihinē *faihammiz *faihōmiz *faihammiz
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faiha- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faiha- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123
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