Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faikn

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 *faikną.

Noun

*faikn n[1]

  1. hostility, evil

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *faikn
Genitive *faiknas
Singular Plural
Nominative *faikn *faiknu
Accusative *faikn *faiknu
Genitive *faiknas *faiknō
Dative *faiknē *faiknum
Instrumental *faiknu *faiknum

Descendants

  • Old English: fācn, fācen
  • Old Frisian: *fēkn
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: fēknia (verb)
  • Old Saxon: fēkn, fēkan
  • Old High German: feihhan, feichan

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *faikn”
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