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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fagan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *faganaz.
Adjective
*fagan[1]
- glad
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *fagan | ||
| Genitive | *faganas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fagan | *faganu | *fagan |
| Accusative | *fagananā | *faganā | *fagan |
| Genitive | *faganas | *faganeʀā | *faganas |
| Dative | *faganumē | *faganeʀē | *faganumē |
| Instrumental | *faganu | *faganeʀu | *faganu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *faganē | *faganō | *faganu |
| Accusative | *faganā | *faganā | *faganu |
| Genitive | *faganeʀō | *faganeʀō | *faganeʀō |
| Dative | *faganēm, *faganum | *faganēm, *faganum | *faganēm, *faganum |
| Instrumental | *faganēm, *faganum | *faganēm, *faganum | *faganēm, *faganum |
Descendants
- Old English: fæġen
- Middle English: fain
- English: fain
- Scots: fain
- Middle English: fain
- Old Saxon: fagan
- Old High German: fagin
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 266: “PWGmc *fagan”