Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fą̄han

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 *fanhaną.

Verb

*fą̄han[1]

  1. to take, to seize

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Strong class 7c
Infinitive fą̄han
1st sg. past feang
3rd pl. past feangun
Past ptcple fangan
Infinitive fą̄han
Genitive infin. fą̄hannjas
Dative infin. fą̄hannjē
Instrum. infin. fą̄hannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular fą̄hu feang
2nd singular fą̄hiʀi feangī
3rd singular fą̄hidi feang
1st plural fą̄hum feangum
2nd plural fą̄hid feangud
3rd plural fą̄hand feangun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular fą̄hē feangī
2nd singular fą̄hēs feangī
3rd singular fą̄hē feangī
1st plural fą̄hēm feangīm
2nd plural fą̄hēþ feangīd
3rd plural fą̄hēn feangīn
Imperative Present
Singular fą̄h
Plural fą̄hid
Present Past
Participle fą̄handī fangan

Descendants

  • Old English: fōn
    • Middle English: fon, fangen
  • Old Frisian: fā
  • Old Saxon: fāhan
  • Old Dutch: fān
    • Middle Dutch: vâen
      • Dutch: vangen
        • Afrikaans: vang
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: fanggi
        • Negerhollands: vang, faṅ
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: fank
        • → Aukan: fanga
        • → Sranan Tongo: fanga
          • → Caribbean Javanese: fangah, mangah
      • Limburgish: vange
  • Old High German: fāhan

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 101: “PWGmc *fanhan”
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