Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawjaną

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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *puH- (rotten, foul).[1]

Verb

*fawjaną[1]

  1. to let it rot
Inflection
Descendants
  • Old Norse: feyja

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (to cleanse, purify).[2] Cognate Latin purus.

Verb

*fawjaną[2]

  1. to sift
Inflection
Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faujan- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faujan- 2”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132