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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fetaną
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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸe.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *pid- (“to give birth”). Cognate with Old Irish idu (“labour pains”).
Verb
*fetaną
- to give birth
Inflection
Conjugation of *fetaną (strong class 5)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fetō | *fetaų | — | *fetai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *fitizi | *fetaiz | *fet | *fetazai | *fetaizau |
| 3rd singular | *fitidi | *fetai | *fetadau | *fetadai | *fetaidau |
| 1st dual | *fetōz | *fetaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fetadiz | *fetaidiz | *fetadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fetamaz | *fetaim | — | *fetandai | *fetaindau |
| 2nd plural | *fitid | *fetaid | *fitid | *fetandai | *fetaindau |
| 3rd plural | *fetandi | *fetain | *fetandau | *fetandai | *fetaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fat | *fētį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fast | *fētīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fat | *fētī | |||
| 1st dual | *fētū | *fētīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fētudiz | *fētīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fētum | *fētīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fētud | *fētīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fētun | *fētīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fetandz | *fetanaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: fetan
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fitan)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”). Cognate with Russian па́дать (pádatʹ, “to fall, drop, decrease, decline”).
Verb
*fetaną
- to fall
Inflection
Conjugation of *fetaną (strong class 5)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fetō | *fetaų | — | *fetai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *fitizi | *fetaiz | *fet | *fetazai | *fetaizau |
| 3rd singular | *fitidi | *fetai | *fetadau | *fetadai | *fetaidau |
| 1st dual | *fetōz | *fetaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fetadiz | *fetaidiz | *fetadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fetamaz | *fetaim | — | *fetandai | *fetaindau |
| 2nd plural | *fitid | *fetaid | *fitid | *fetandai | *fetaindau |
| 3rd plural | *fetandi | *fetain | *fetandau | *fetandai | *fetaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fat | *fētį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fast | *fētīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fat | *fētī | |||
| 1st dual | *fētū | *fētīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fētudiz | *fētīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fētum | *fētīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fētud | *fētīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fētun | *fētīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fetandz | *fetanaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: *fetan, ġefetan
- Old High German: fezzan
- Old Norse: feta
- Icelandic: feta
- Swedish: fjäta (dialectal)