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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps either influenced by, replacing expected *fį̄han, or secondary strong verb to, iterative *funkōn, *fungōn (“to sparkle”), related to causative *fangijan, *fankijan (“to ignite”).[1][2]
Verb
*finkan
- to sparkle, burn
Inflection
| Strong class 3
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| Infinitive
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*finkan
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| 1st sg. past
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*fank
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| 3rd pl. past
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*funkun
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| Past ptcple
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*funkan
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| Infinitive
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*finkan
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| Genitive infin.
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*finkannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*finkannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*finkannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*finku
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*fank
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| 2nd singular
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*finkiʀi
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*funkī
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| 3rd singular
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*finkidi
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*fank
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| 1st plural
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*finkum
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*funkum
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| 2nd plural
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*finkid
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*funkud
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| 3rd plural
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*finkand
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*funkun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*finkē
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*funkī
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| 2nd singular
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*finkēs
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*funkī
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| 3rd singular
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*finkē
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*funkī
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| 1st plural
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*finkēm
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*funkīm
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| 2nd plural
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*finkēþ
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*funkīd
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| 3rd plural
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*finkēn
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*funkīn
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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*fink
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| Plural
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*finkid
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*finkandī
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*funkan
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fangjan- ~ *fankjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*finkan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
