Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fangijan

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

Unknown; perhaps either influenced by, or secondary causative to, iterative *funkōn, *fungōn (“to sparkle”), related to strong verb *finkan (“to sparkle, burn”).^[1]

Verb

*fangijan

to ignite

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*fangijan
1st sg. past	*fangidā
Infinitive	*fangijan
Genitive infin.	*fangijannjas
Dative infin.	*fangijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*fangijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*fangiju	*fangidā
2nd singular	*fangisi	fangidēs, fangidōs
3rd singular	*fangiþi	fangidē, fangidā
1st plural	*fangijum	*fangidum
2nd plural	*fangiþ	*fangidud
3rd plural	*fangijanþ	*fangidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*fangijē	*fangidī
2nd singular	*fangijēs	*fangidī
3rd singular	*fangijē	*fangidī
1st plural	*fangijēm	*fangidīm
2nd plural	*fangijēþ	*fangidīd
3rd plural	*fangijēn	*fangidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*fangi
Plural	*fangiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*fangijandī	*fangid

Alternative reconstructions

*fankijan (perhaps under the influence of *finkan)

Derived terms

*unþafangijan, *unþafankijan
- Old Dutch: *antfengen, *antfenken
  - Middle Dutch: ontfengen, ontfenken
- Old High German: *intfengen
  - Middle High German: enpfengen

Descendants

Old Dutch: *fengen
Old High German: *fengen
- Middle High German: vengen, venken

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fangjan- ~ *fankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fangjan- ~ *fankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127

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