Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fēgōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain, either from:[1]
- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“secure, attach, strengthen”), for a similar semantic development see Lithuanian puõsti (“to decorate, make pretty”).
- Or from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful, pretty”), closely related to the strong verb *fehaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛː.ɣɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*fēgōną[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *fēgō | *fēgǭ | — | *fēgōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *fēgōsi | *fēgōs | *fēgō | *fēgōsai | *fēgōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *fēgōþi | *fēgō | *fēgōþau | *fēgōþai | *fēgōþau | |
| 1st dual | *fēgōs | *fēgōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *fēgōþiz | *fēgōþiz | *fēgōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *fēgōmaz | *fēgōm | — | *fēgōnþai | *fēgōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *fēgōþ | *fēgōþ | *fēgōþ | *fēgōnþai | *fēgōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *fēgōnþi | *fēgōn | *fēgōnþau | *fēgōnþai | *fēgōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *fēgōdǭ | *fēgōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *fēgōdēz | *fēgōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *fēgōdē | *fēgōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *fēgōdēdū | *fēgōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *fēgōdēdudiz | *fēgōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *fēgōdēdum | *fēgōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *fēgōdēdud | *fēgōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *fēgōdēdun | *fēgōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *fēgōndz | *fēgōdaz | ||||