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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fēgōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain, either from:
- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“secure, attach, strengthen”), for a similar semantic development see Lithuanian puõsti (“to decorate, make pretty”).
- Or from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful, pretty”), closely related to the strong verb *fehaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛː.ɣɔː.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *fēgōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fēgō | *fēgǭ | — | *fēgōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *fēgōsi | *fēgōs | *fēgō | *fēgōsai | *fēgōsau |
| 3rd singular | *fēgōþi | *fēgō | *fēgōþau | *fēgōþai | *fēgōþau |
| 1st dual | *fēgōs | *fēgōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fēgōþiz | *fēgōþiz | *fēgōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fēgōmaz | *fēgōm | — | *fēgōnþai | *fēgōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *fēgōþ | *fēgōþ | *fēgōþ | *fēgōnþai | *fēgōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *fēgōnþi | *fēgōn | *fēgōnþau | *fēgōnþai | *fēgōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fēgōdǭ | *fēgōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fēgōdēz | *fēgōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fēgōdē | *fēgōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *fēgōdēdū | *fēgōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fēgōdēdudiz | *fēgōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fēgōdēdum | *fēgōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fēgōdēdud | *fēgōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fēgōdēdun | *fēgōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fēgōndz | *fēgōdaz | |||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fēʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
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