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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finþaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸin.θɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*finþaną[1][2]
- to find, to discover, to come upon
Inflection
Conjugation of *finþaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *finþō | *finþaų | — | *finþai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *finþizi | *finþaiz | *finþ | *finþazai | *finþaizau |
| 3rd singular | *finþidi | *finþai | *finþadau | *finþadai | *finþaidau |
| 1st dual | *finþōz | *finþaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *finþadiz | *finþaidiz | *finþadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *finþamaz | *finþaim | — | *finþandai | *finþaindau |
| 2nd plural | *finþid | *finþaid | *finþid | *finþandai | *finþaindau |
| 3rd plural | *finþandi | *finþain | *finþandau | *finþandai | *finþaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fanþ | *fundį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *fanst | *fundīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fanþ | *fundī | |||
| 1st dual | *fundū | *fundīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fundudiz | *fundīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fundum | *fundīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fundud | *fundīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fundun | *fundīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *finþandz | *fundanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *fundaz
- *fundiz
- *fundulaz
Related terms
- *fandōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *finþan
- Old English: findan
- Middle English: finden
- Scots: find, fynd
- English: find
- → Welsh: ffeindio
- Middle English: finden
- Old Frisian: finda
- Saterland Frisian: fiende
- West Frisian: fine
- Old Saxon: findan, fīthan
- Middle Low German: vinden
- Low German: finden, finnen
- Plautdietsch: finje
- Middle Low German: vinden
- Old Dutch: findan
- Middle Dutch: vinden
- Dutch: vinden
- Limburgish: vinje
- Middle Dutch: vinden
- Old High German: findan
- Middle High German: vinden
- Alemannic German: fianda (Vorarlberg)
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: vènnan, bènnan, vennen, vintan
- Mòcheno: vinnen
- Central Franconian: fenge
- German: finden
- Luxembourgish: fannen
- Yiddish: געפֿינען (gefinen)
- Middle High German: vinden
- Old English: findan
- Old Norse: finna
- Icelandic: finna
- Faroese: finna
- Norn: finna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: finna, finne
- Old Swedish: finna
- Swedish: finna
- Old Danish: finnæ
- Danish: finde
- Norwegian Bokmål: finne
- Danish: finde
- Gutnish: finne, finn', finna
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*finþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*fenþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 99