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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fadōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“protect, guard, graze, feed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.ðɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*fadōną
- to graze; feed oneself
Inflection
Conjugation of *fadōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fadō | *fadǭ | — | *fadōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *fadōsi | *fadōs | *fadō | *fadōsai | *fadōsau |
| 3rd singular | *fadōþi | *fadō | *fadōþau | *fadōþai | *fadōþau |
| 1st dual | *fadōs | *fadōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fadōþiz | *fadōþiz | *fadōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fadōmaz | *fadōm | — | *fadōnþai | *fadōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *fadōþ | *fadōþ | *fadōþ | *fadōnþai | *fadōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *fadōnþi | *fadōn | *fadōnþau | *fadōnþai | *fadōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fadōdǭ | *fadōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fadōdēz | *fadōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fadōdē | *fadōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *fadōdēdū | *fadōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fadōdēdudiz | *fadōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fadōdēdum | *fadōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fadōdēdud | *fadōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fadōdēdun | *fadōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fadōndz | *fadōdaz | |||
Related terms
- *fōdô
Descendants
- Old English: (fadian (“to guide, direct, order”)?)
- English: fad
- Old High German: fatōn (in past part kavatōt; derivative fatunga)
- Middle High German: vetten
- German: fetten
- Luxembourgish: fetten
- Middle High German: vetten