Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/figanaz

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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. Possibly from the past participle of a lost verb *fīganą or *fīhaną (class I) or *fehaną (class V). The past participle of *fehaną would thus be *feganaz.

Attempts have been made to point the foregoing hypothetical verbs to Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (to cook, sear); however, the phonology makes a connection unlikely. For reference, compare Latin coquō (cook), Lithuanian kepti (to bake, fry), Russian печь (pečʹ, to bake), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō, cook, bake), Sanskrit पचति (pácati, he cooks, bakes, roasts, boils).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*figanaz

  1. fried

Inflection

Declension of *figanaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *figanaz *figanō *figaną, -atō *figanai *figanôz *figanō
accusative *figananǭ *figanǭ *figaną, -atō *figananz *figanōz *figanō
genitive *figanas, -is *figanaizōz *figanas, -is *figanaizǫ̂ *figanaizǫ̂ *figanaizǫ̂
dative *figanammai *figanaizōi *figanammai *figanaimaz *figanaimaz *figanaimaz
instrumental *figananō *figanaizō *figananō *figanaimiz *figanaimiz *figanaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *figanô *figanǭ *figanô *figananiz *figanōniz *figanōnō
accusative *figananų *figanōnų *figanô *figananunz *figanōnunz *figanōnō
genitive *figaniniz *figanōniz *figaniniz *figananǫ̂ *figanōnǫ̂ *figananǫ̂
dative *figanini *figanōni *figanini *figanammaz *figanōmaz *figanammaz
instrumental *figaninē *figanōnē *figaninē *figanammiz *figanōmiz *figanammiz

Alternative reconstructions

  • *feganaz, *figinaz

Derived terms

Descendants

This adjective is not directly attested in any daughter languages save in Old English, in combination with a prefix descended from *uz-.

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fegan, *figan