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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *faikną.
Noun
*faikn n[1]
- hostility, evil
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*faikn
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| Genitive
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*faiknas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*faikn
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*faiknu
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| Accusative
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*faikn
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*faiknu
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| Genitive
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*faiknas
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*faiknō
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| Dative
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*faiknē
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*faiknum
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| Instrumental
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*faiknu
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*faiknum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *faikn”
