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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fanþijō
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Noun
*fanþijō m[1]
- traveller on foot
Inflection
Masculine an-stem | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *fanþijō | *fanþijan |
Accusative | *fanþijan | *fanþijan |
Genitive | *fanþijini | *fanþijanō |
Dative | *fanþijini | *fanþijum |
Instrumental | *fanþijini | *fanþijum |
Descendants
- Old English: fēþa
- Old Dutch: *fendo
- Middle Dutch: vende
- Old High German: fendo, fendeo
- Middle High German: vende
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *fanþijō”