Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gafehan

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fehaną.

Verb

*gafehan[1]

  1. to rejoice

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive *gafehan
1st sg. past *gafah
3rd pl. past *gafāgun
Past ptcple *gafegan
Infinitive *gafehan
Genitive infin. *gafehannjas
Dative infin. *gafehannjē
Instrum. infin. *gafehannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *gafehu *gafah
2nd singular *gafihiʀi *gafāgī
3rd singular *gafihidi *gafah
1st plural *gafehum *gafāgum
2nd plural *gafihid *gafāgud
3rd plural *gafehand *gafāgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *gafehē *gafāgī
2nd singular *gafehēs *gafāgī
3rd singular *gafehē *gafāgī
1st plural *gafehēm *gafāgīm
2nd plural *gafehēþ *gafāgīd
3rd plural *gafehēn *gafāgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *gafih
Plural *gafihid
Present Past
Participle *gafehandī *gafegan

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: ġefēon, ġefeohan
  • Old High German: gifehan

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178:PWGmc *gafehan