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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fandōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
An o-grade iterative derived from *finþaną (“to find”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑn.dɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*fandōną
- to seek, search for, examine
Inflection
Conjugation of *fandōną (weak class 2)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *fandō | *fandǭ | — | *fandōi | *? |
2nd singular | *fandōsi | *fandōs | *fandō | *fandōsai | *fandōsau |
3rd singular | *fandōþi | *fandō | *fandōþau | *fandōþai | *fandōþau |
1st dual | *fandōs | *fandōw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *fandōþiz | *fandōþiz | *fandōþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *fandōmaz | *fandōm | — | *fandōnþai | *fandōnþau |
2nd plural | *fandōþ | *fandōþ | *fandōþ | *fandōnþai | *fandōnþau |
3rd plural | *fandōnþi | *fandōn | *fandōnþau | *fandōnþai | *fandōnþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *fandōdǭ | *fandōdēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *fandōdēz | *fandōdēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *fandōdē | *fandōdēdī | |||
1st dual | *fandōdēdū | *fandōdēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *fandōdēdudiz | *fandōdēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *fandōdēdum | *fandōdēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *fandōdēdud | *fandōdēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *fandōdēdun | *fandōdēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *fandōndz | *fandōdaz |
Descendants
- Old English: fandian
- Middle English: fandien, fanden
- English: fand
- Middle English: fandien, fanden
- Old Frisian: fandia
- Old Norse: fendinn (from present participle)
- Norwegian: faen, fanden
- Old Swedish: fændin
- Swedish: fan
- Danish: fanden
- Old Norse: fendinn (from present participle)
- Old Saxon: fandon
- Middle Low German: vanden
- Old Dutch: *fandon
- Middle Dutch: vanden
- Dutch: vanden (dialectal)
- Middle Dutch: vanden
- Old High German: fanton
- Middle High German: vanten, fenden, vanden
- German: fahnden
- Middle High German: vanten, fenden, vanden