Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fanþijō

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 *fanþan (“to walk”) +‎ *-jō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to pass, go”).

Noun

*fanþijō m^[1]

traveller on foot

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fanþijō
Genitive	fanþijini, fanþijan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fanþijō	*fanþijan
Accusative	*fanþijan	*fanþijan
Genitive	fanþijini, fanþijan	*fanþijanō
Dative	fanþijini, fanþijan	*fanþijum
Instrumental	fanþijini, fanþijan	*fanþijum

Descendants

Old English: fēþa
Old Saxon: fendio
- Middle Low German: vent
  - German Low German: Fent
Old Dutch: *fendo
- Middle Dutch: vende
  - >? Dutch: vent
    - → West Frisian: feint, fint
Old High German: fendo, fendeo
- Middle High German: vende
  - Swabian: Fende
  - Alemannic German: Fend

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *fanþijō”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *fanþijō”

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