Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehtaną

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- (“to pluck, ruffle, tousle, shear”), with semantic shift "pluck hair" > "struggle" > "fight".[1] Cognate with Latin pectō (“to comb, thrash”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸex.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fehtaną[1][2]

  1. to comb, detangle
  2. to struggle (with), fight
  3. to shear

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fehtō *fehtaų — *fehtai ?
2nd singular *fihtizi *fehtaiz *feht *fehtazai *fehtaizau
3rd singular *fihtidi *fehtai *fehtadau *fehtadai *fehtaidau
1st dual *fehtōz *fehtaiw — — —
2nd dual *fehtadiz *fehtaidiz *fehtadiz — —
1st plural *fehtamaz *fehtaim — *fehtandai *fehtaindau
2nd plural *fihtid *fehtaid *fihtid *fehtandai *fehtaindau
3rd plural *fehtandi *fehtain *fehtandau *fehtandai *fehtaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *faht *fuhtį̄
2nd singular *fahst *fuhtīz
3rd singular *faht *fuhtī
1st dual *fuhtū *fuhtīw
2nd dual *fuhtudiz *fuhtīdiz
1st plural *fuhtum *fuhtīm
2nd plural *fuhtud *fuhtīd
3rd plural *fuhtun *fuhtīn
present past
participles *fehtandz *fuhtanaz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fehtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fextanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 96-97
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