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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fehtan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fehtaną.
Verb
*fehtan[1]
- to fight
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fehtan | |
| 1st sg. past | *faht | |
| 3rd pl. past | *fuhtun | |
| Past ptcple | *fohtan | |
| Infinitive | *fehtan | |
| Genitive infin. | *fehtannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *fehtannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fehtannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fehtu | *faht |
| 2nd singular | *fihtiʀi | *fuhtī |
| 3rd singular | *fihtidi | *faht |
| 1st plural | *fehtum | *fuhtum |
| 2nd plural | *fihtid | *fuhtud |
| 3rd plural | *fehtand | *fuhtun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fehtē | *fuhtī |
| 2nd singular | *fehtēs | *fuhtī |
| 3rd singular | *fehtē | *fuhtī |
| 1st plural | *fehtēm | *fuhtīm |
| 2nd plural | *fehtēþ | *fuhtīd |
| 3rd plural | *fehtēn | *fuhtīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *feht | |
| Plural | *fihtid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fehtandī | *fohtan |
Descendants
- Old English: feohtan
- Middle English: fighten, fehten, feghten, feighten, fihhtenn, fiȝten
- Scots: fecht, ficht
- English: fight
- Middle English: fighten, fehten, feghten, feighten, fihhtenn, fiȝten
- Old Frisian: fiuchta, fiuhta
- Saterland Frisian: fjuchte
- West Frisian: fjochtsje, fjuchte
- Old Saxon: fehtan
- Middle Low German: vechten
- Low German: fechten
- → Danish: fægte
- → Norwegian: fekte
- → Saterland Frisian: fächtje
- → Swedish: fäkta
- Middle Low German: vechten
- Old Dutch: fehtan
- Middle Dutch: vechten
- Dutch: vechten
- Afrikaans: veg
- Berbice Creole Dutch: purkaru
- Negerhollands: vekkete, fegete, figiti, fikiti
- → Virgin Islands Creole: fikiti (dated)
- Limburgish: vechte
- West Flemish: vichten
- Dutch: vechten
- Middle Dutch: vechten
- Old High German: fehtan
- Middle High German: vëhten
- Alemannic German: fëchte
- German: fechten
- → Russian: фехтовать (fextovatʹ)
- Middle High German: vëhten
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *fehtan”