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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *faihaz (“colored, painted”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
Verb
*faihijaną[1][2]
- to color, paint
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faiha- 2”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123: “*faihjan-”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*faixjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
Further reading
- 2002, Elmer H. Antonsen, Runes and Germanic Linguistics, Berlin-New York, Mouton De Gruyter