Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehtaną
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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 Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck, ruffle, tousle, shear”), with semantic shift "pluck hair" > "struggle" > "fight". Cognate with Latin pectō (“to comb, thrash”).
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *fehtō | *fehtaų | — | *fehtai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *fihtizi | *fehtaiz | *feht | *fehtazai | *fehtaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *fihtidi | *fehtai | *fehtadau | *fehtadai | *fehtaidau | |
| 1st dual | *fehtōz | *fehtaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *fehtadiz | *fehtaidiz | *fehtadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *fehtamaz | *fehtaim | — | *fehtandai | *fehtaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *fihtid | *fehtaid | *fihtid | *fehtandai | *fehtaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *fehtandi | *fehtain | *fehtandau | *fehtandai | *fehtaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *faht | *fuhtį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *fahst | *fuhtīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *faht | *fuhtī | ||||
| 1st dual | *fuhtū | *fuhtīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *fuhtudiz | *fuhtīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *fuhtum | *fuhtīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *fuhtud | *fuhtīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *fuhtun | *fuhtīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *fehtandz | *fuhtanaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *fehtan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fehtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fextanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 96-97