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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fagāną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyfull, pretty”), closely related to the strong verb *fehaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑɣɑː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*fagāną
- to enjoy
- to use
Inflection
Conjugation of *fagāną (weak class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fagō | ? | — | ? | ? |
| 2nd singular | *fagaisi | ? | *fagai | *fagāsai | ? |
| 3rd singular | *fagaiþi | ? | *fagāþau | *fagāþai | ? |
| 1st dual | *fagōs | ? | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fagāþiz | ? | *fagāþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fagāmaz | ? | — | *fagānþai | ? |
| 2nd plural | *fagaiþ | ? | *fagaiþ | *fagānþai | ? |
| 3rd plural | *fagānþi | ? | *fagānþau | *fagānþai | ? |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fagadǭ | *fagadēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fagadēz | *fagadēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fagadē | *fagadēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *fagadēdū | *fagadēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fagadēdudiz | *fagadēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fagadēdum | *fagadēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fagadēdud | *fagadēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fagadēdun | *fagadēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fagāndz | *fagadaz | |||
Related terms
- *fagjaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *fagēn
- Old English: *fagian
- Middle English: fagen
- Old Frisian: fagia
- Old Saxon: *fagōn
- >? Middle Low German: fagen, vagen (to make use of the land)
- Old High German: fagēn, fagōn
- >? Middle High German: fagen, fagen (to be obedient)
- Old English: *fagian
- Gothic: *𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (*fahān)[1]
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌸𐍃 (fahēþs)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fagjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122: “*fahan-”