Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/figanaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from the past participle of a lost verb *fīganą or *fīhaną (class I) or *fehaną (class V). The past participle of *fehaną would thus be *feganaz.

Attempts have been made to point the foregoing hypothetical verbs to Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, sear”); however, the phonology makes a connection unlikely. For reference, compare Latin coquō (“cook”), Lithuanian kepti (“to bake, fry”), Russian печь (pečʹ, “to bake”), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō, “cook, bake”), Sanskrit पचति (pácati, “he cooks, bakes, roasts, boils”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.ɣɑ.nɑz/

Adjective

*figanaz

fried

Inflection

Declension of *figanaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*figanaz	*figanai	*figanō	*figanôz	*figaną, -atō	*figanō
Accusative	*figananǭ	*figananz	*figanǭ	*figanōz	*figaną, -atō	*figanō
Genitive	*figanas, -is	*figanaizǫ̂	*figanaizōz	*figanaizǫ̂	*figanas, -is	*figanaizǫ̂
Dative	*figanammai	*figanaimaz	*figanaizōi	*figanaimaz	*figanammai	*figanaimaz
Instrumental	*figananō	*figanaimiz	*figanaizō	*figanaimiz	*figananō	*figanaimiz

Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*figanô	*figananiz	*figanǭ	*figanōniz	*figanô	*figanōnō
Accusative	*figananų	*figananunz	*figanōnų	*figanōnunz	*figanô	*figanōnō
Genitive	*figaniniz	*figananǫ̂	*figanōniz	*figanōnǫ̂	*figaniniz	*figananǫ̂
Dative	*figanini	*figanammaz	*figanōni	*figanōmaz	*figanini	*figanammaz
Instrumental	*figaninē	*figanammiz	*figanōnē	*figanōmiz	*figaninē	*figanammiz

Alternative reconstructions

feganaz

Derived terms

*uzfiganaz

Descendants

This adjective is not directly attested in any daughter languages save in Old English, in combination with a prefix descended from *uz-.

Proto-West Germanic: *fegan, *figan
- Old English: *fiġen
  - ⇒ Old English: āfiġen

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