Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fnehan

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 *fnehaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pneh₁u-, *pnew-.

Verb

*fnehan

  1. to breathe
  2. to pant; snort

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive *fnehan
1st sg. past *fnah
3rd pl. past *fnāgun
Past ptcple *fnegan
Infinitive *fnehan
Genitive infin. *fnehannjas
Dative infin. *fnehannjē
Instrum. infin. *fnehannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *fnehu *fnah
2nd singular *fnihiʀi *fnāgī
3rd singular *fnihidi *fnah
1st plural *fnehum *fnāgum
2nd plural *fnihid *fnāgud
3rd plural *fnehand *fnāgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *fnehē *fnāgī
2nd singular *fnehēs *fnāgī
3rd singular *fnehē *fnāgī
1st plural *fnehēm *fnāgīm
2nd plural *fnehēþ *fnāgīd
3rd plural *fnehēn *fnāgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *fnih
Plural *fnihid
Present Past
Participle *fnehandī *fnegan

Derived terms

  • *fnāht
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *fnāhtijan
      • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *gafnāhtī
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *fnāhtōn

Descendants

  • Old High German: fnehan
    • Middle High German: pfnehen, phnehen, vnehen
      • Bavarian: pfnechen
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