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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faitijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *faitaz (“fat”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑi̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*faitijaną[1][2]
- to fatten, to make fat, plump up
Inflection
Conjugation of *faitijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *faitijō | *faitijaų | — | *faitijai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *faitīsi | *faitijais | *faitī | *faitijasai | *faitijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *faitīþi | *faitijai | *faitijaþau | *faitijaþai | *faitijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *faitijōs | *faitijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *faitijaþiz | *faitijaiþiz | *faitijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *faitijamaz | *faitijaim | — | *faitijanþai | *faitijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *faitīþ | *faitijaiþ | *faitīþ | *faitijanþai | *faitijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *faitijanþi | *faitijain | *faitijanþau | *faitijanþai | *faitijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *faitidǭ | *faitidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *faitidēz | *faitidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *faitidē | *faitidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *faitidēdū | *faitidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *faitidēdudiz | *faitidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *faitidēdum | *faitidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *faitidēdud | *faitidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *faitidēdun | *faitidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *faitijandz | *faitidaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *faitijan
- Old English: fǣtan
- Old High German: *feizen
- Middle High German: veizen
- Old Norse: feita
- Icelandic: feita
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*faita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124: “*faitjan-”
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*faitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90