Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fijandz

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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

Present participle of *fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (to hate), equivalent to *fijāną +‎ *-ndz.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*fijandz m

  1. enemy, fiend
    Antonym: *frijōndz

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *fijandz (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *fijandz *fijandiz
vocative *fijand *fijandiz
accusative *fijandų *fijandunz
genitive *fijandiz *fijandǫ̂
dative *fijandi *fijandumaz
instrumental *fijandē *fijandumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fi(j)and-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140