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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“rotten, foul”).[1]
Verb
*fawjaną[1]
- to let it rot
Inflection
Conjugation of *fawjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fawjō | *fawjaų | — | *fawjai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *fawisi | *fawjais | *fawi | *fawjasai | *fawjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *fawiþi | *fawjai | *fawjaþau | *fawjaþai | *fawjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *fawjōs | *fawjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fawjaþiz | *fawjaiþiz | *fawjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fawjamaz | *fawjaim | — | *fawjanþai | *fawjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *fawiþ | *fawjaiþ | *fawiþ | *fawjanþai | *fawjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *fawjanþi | *fawjain | *fawjanþau | *fawjanþai | *fawjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fawidǭ | *fawidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fawidēz | *fawidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fawidē | *fawidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *fawidēdū | *fawidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fawidēdudiz | *fawidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fawidēdum | *fawidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fawidēdud | *fawidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fawidēdun | *fawidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fawjandz | *fawidaz | |||
Descendants
- Old Norse: feyja
- Icelandic: feyja
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”).[2] Cognate Latin purus.
Verb
*fawjaną[2]
- to sift
Inflection
Conjugation of *fawjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fawjō | *fawjaų | — | *fawjai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *fawisi | *fawjais | *fawi | *fawjasai | *fawjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *fawiþi | *fawjai | *fawjaþau | *fawjaþai | *fawjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *fawjōs | *fawjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fawjaþiz | *fawjaiþiz | *fawjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fawjamaz | *fawjaim | — | *fawjanþai | *fawjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *fawiþ | *fawjaiþ | *fawiþ | *fawjanþai | *fawjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *fawjanþi | *fawjain | *fawjanþau | *fawjanþai | *fawjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fawidǭ | *fawidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fawidēz | *fawidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fawidē | *fawidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *fawidēdū | *fawidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fawidēdudiz | *fawidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fawidēdum | *fawidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fawidēdud | *fawidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fawidēdun | *fawidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fawjandz | *fawidaz | |||
Descendants
- Old High German: fowen, fewen
- Middle High German: vewen
- Cimbrian: vöoban, böoban
- Middle High German: vewen
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*faujan- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*faujan- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132