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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; presumably from Proto-Germanic *funkōną, from earlier paradigm *funkᵏōþi ~ *fungunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *punk-nā́-ti ~ *punk-un-ánti, iterative to *finkan (“to sparkle, burn”). A connection to Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“fire”) in considered unlikely.[1]
Equivalent to *funkō (“spark”) + *-ōn.
Verb
*funkōn
- (iterative) to give off sparks
- to sparkle
Inflection
| Class 2 weak
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| Infinitive
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*funkōn
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| 1st sg. past
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*funkōdā
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| Infinitive
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*funkōn
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| Genitive infin.
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*funkōnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*funkōnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*funkōniju
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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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*funkō
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*funkōdā
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| 2nd singular
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*funkōs
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*funkōdēs, *funkōdōs
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| 3rd singular
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*funkōþ
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*funkōdē, *funkōdā
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| 1st plural
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*funkōm
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*funkōdum
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| 2nd plural
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*funkōþ
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*funkōdud
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| 3rd plural
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*funkōnþ
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*funkōdun
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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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*funkō
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*funkōdī
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| 2nd singular
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*funkōs
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*funkōdī
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| 3rd singular
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*funkō
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*funkōdī
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| 1st plural
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*funkōm
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*funkōdīm
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| 2nd plural
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*funkōþ
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*funkōdīd
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| 3rd plural
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*funkōn
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*funkōdīn
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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*funkō
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| Plural
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*funkōþ
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*funkōndī
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*funkōd
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*funkōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
