Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faką

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faką

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

Via pre-Germanic *ph₂ǵóm, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fit, fasten, fix”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit पाजस् (pā́jas, “surface, side”), Latin pāgus (“division, district”) and pangō (“fasten, fix”, verb). The root is otherwise absent from Germanic, but see *fastuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.kɑ̃/

Noun

*faką n

1. (West Germanic) An enclosed or defined space; division; compartment; department
2. (West Germanic) Bounded space of time; period; interval

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *faką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*faką	*fakō
vocative	*faką	*fakō
accusative	*faką	*fakō
genitive	*fakas, *fakis	*fakǫ̂
dative	*fakai	*fakamaz
instrumental	*fakō	*fakamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fak
  • Old English: fæc, fec
    • Middle English: fæc, fec
      • English: fack
      • Scots: faik, feck, fauk
  • Old Frisian: fak, fek
    • Saterland Frisian: Fäk
    • West Frisian: fek
  • Old Saxon: fac, fak
    • Middle Low German: vak
      • German Low German: Fack
  • Old Dutch: *fak
    • Middle Dutch: vac
      • Dutch: vak
  • Old High German: fah
    • Middle High German: vach
      • German: Fach
        • → Esperanto: fako
        • → Swedish: fack
        • → Danish: fag
          • → Norwegian Bokmål: fag
          • → Norwegian Nynorsk: fag
          • → Icelandic: fag
      • Yiddish: פֿאַך‎ (fakh)

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*faka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124