Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fetaną
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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
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to give birth”). Cognate with Old Irish idu (“labour pains”).[1]
Verb
*fetaną
- to give birth
Inflection
Conjugation of *fetaną (strong class 5)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”). Cognate with Russian па́дать (pádatʹ, “to fall, drop, decrease, decline”).
Verb
*fetaną[2]
Inflection
Conjugation of *fetaną (strong class 5)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fedon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 138