Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (joyful, pretty).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸe.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fehaną

  1. to rejoice, be glad

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fehō *fehaų *fehai ?
2nd singular *fihizi *fehaiz *feh *fehazai *fehaizau
3rd singular *fihidi *fehai *fehadau *fehadai *fehaidau
1st dual *fehōz *fehaiw
2nd dual *fehadiz *fehaidiz *fehadiz
1st plural *fehamaz *fehaim *fehandai *fehaindau
2nd plural *fihid *fehaid *fihid *fehandai *fehaindau
3rd plural *fehandi *fehain *fehandau *fehandai *fehaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fah *fēgį̄
2nd singular *faht *fēgīz
3rd singular *fah *fēgī
1st dual *fēgū *fēgīw
2nd dual *fēgudiz *fēgīdiz
1st plural *fēgum *fēgīm
2nd plural *fēgud *fēgīd
3rd plural *fēgun *fēgīn
present past
participles *fehandz *feganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gafehan
    • Old English: ġefēon, ġefeohan
    • Old High German: gifehan

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fehan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133