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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fīsaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-. Cognate with Latin spīrō.
Verb
*fīsaną[1][2]
- to blow
- to fart
Inflection
Conjugation of *fīsaną (strong class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *fīsō | *fīsaų | — | *fīsai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *fīsizi | *fīsaiz | *fīs | *fīsazai | *fīsaizau |
| 3rd singular | *fīsidi | *fīsai | *fīsadau | *fīsadai | *fīsaidau |
| 1st dual | *fīsōz | *fīsaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *fīsadiz | *fīsaidiz | *fīsadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *fīsamaz | *fīsaim | — | *fīsandai | *fīsaindau |
| 2nd plural | *fīsid | *fīsaid | *fīsid | *fīsandai | *fīsaindau |
| 3rd plural | *fīsandi | *fīsain | *fīsandau | *fīsandai | *fīsaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *fais | *fisį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *faist | *fisīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *fais | *fisī | |||
| 1st dual | *fisū | *fisīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *fisudiz | *fisīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *fisum | *fisīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *fisud | *fisīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *fisun | *fisīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *fīsandz | *fisanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *fistaz (“breaking wind, fart”)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *fīsan
- Old High German: *fīsan
- Middle High German: vīsen
- Old High German: *fīsan
- Old Norse: físa
- Icelandic: físa
- Faroese: físa
- Old Swedish: fisa
- Swedish: fisa
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: fise
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fise, fisa
- Old Danish:
- Danish: fise
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fīsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*fīsanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 104