Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/finkan

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, replacing expected *fį̄han, or secondary strong verb to, iterative *funkōn, *fungōn (“to sparkle”), related to causative *fangijan, *fankijan (“to ignite”).[1][2]

Verb

*finkan

  1. to sparkle, burn

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive *finkan
1st sg. past *fank
3rd pl. past *funkun
Past ptcple *funkan
Infinitive *finkan
Genitive infin. *finkannjas
Dative infin. *finkannjē
Instrum. infin. *finkannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *finku *fank
2nd singular *finkiʀi *funkī
3rd singular *finkidi *fank
1st plural *finkum *funkum
2nd plural *finkid *funkud
3rd plural *finkand *funkun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *finkē *funkī
2nd singular *finkēs *funkī
3rd singular *finkē *funkī
1st plural *finkēm *funkīm
2nd plural *finkēþ *funkīd
3rd plural *finkēn *funkīn
Imperative Present
Singular *fink
Plural *finkid
Present Past
Participle *finkandī *funkan

Descendants

  • Old Dutch: *finkan
  • Old High German: *finkan
    • ⇒ Old High German: *finklōn

References

  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
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*finkan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
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