Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fanją

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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 lost *fan- +‎ *-ją, from *pen- (“moist, wet, mud, swamp, water”). Cognate with Old Prussian pannean (“bog”), Proto-Celtic *ɸenos (“water”); possibly also related to Proto-Germanic *funhtijaz (“wet, damp”), Old English fyne (“mold”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

*fanją n

  1. fen, marsh, swamp

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *fanją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fanją *fanjō
vocative *fanją *fanjō
accusative *fanją *fanjō
genitive *fanjas, *fanis *fanjǫ̂
dative *fanjai *fanjamaz
instrumental *fanjō *fanjamiz

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References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fanja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fanjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
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