Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finþaną

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 *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).[1]

For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *najьti > Russian найти́ (najtí), akin to Proto-Slavic *jьti > идти́ (idtí); Russian находи́ть (naxodítʹ), нахо́дка (naxódka), akin to ход (xod), ходи́ть (xodítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸin.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*finþaną[2]

  1. to find, to discover, to come upon

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *finþō *finþaų — *finþai ?
2nd singular *finþizi *finþaiz *finþ *finþazai *finþaizau
3rd singular *finþidi *finþai *finþadau *finþadai *finþaidau
1st dual *finþōz *finþaiw — — —
2nd dual *finþadiz *finþaidiz *finþadiz — —
1st plural *finþamaz *finþaim — *finþandai *finþaindau
2nd plural *finþid *finþaid *finþid *finþandai *finþaindau
3rd plural *finþandi *finþain *finþandau *finþandai *finþaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fanþ *fundį̄
2nd singular *fanst *fundīz
3rd singular *fanþ *fundī
1st dual *fundū *fundīw
2nd dual *fundudiz *fundīdiz
1st plural *fundum *fundīm
2nd plural *fundud *fundīd
3rd plural *fundun *fundīn
present past
participles *finþandz *fundanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*finþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fenþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
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