Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/failijaz
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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
Uncertain; has been linked with Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”), but the -l- is unusual.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*failijaz
Inflection
Declension of *failijaz (ja-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *failijaz | *failijai | *failijō | *failijôz | *failiją, -atō | *failijō |
| Accusative | *failijanǭ | *failijanz | *failijǭ | *failijōz | *failiją, -atō | *failijō |
| Genitive | *failijas, -īs | *failijaizǫ̂ | *failijaizōz | *failijaizǫ̂ | *failijas, -īs | *failijaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *failijammai | *failijaimaz | *failijaizōi | *failijaimaz | *failijammai | *failijaimaz |
| Instrumental | *failijanō | *failijaimiz | *failijaizō | *failijaimiz | *failijanō | *failijaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *failijô | *failijaniz | *failijǭ | *failijōniz | *failijô | *failijōnō |
| Accusative | *failijanų | *failijanunz | *failijōnų | *failijōnunz | *failijô | *failijōnō |
| Genitive | *failīniz | *failijanǫ̂ | *failijōniz | *failijōnǫ̂ | *failīniz | *failijanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *failīni | *failijammaz | *failijōni | *failijōmaz | *failīni | *failijammaz |
| Instrumental | *failīnē | *failijammiz | *failijōnē | *failijōmiz | *failīnē | *failijammiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
Some descendants have conflated the word with *falaz (“for sale”).
- Proto-West Germanic: *failī
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “veilig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute