Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fiskōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Equivalent to *fisk +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*fiskōn

to fish, to catch fish

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*fiskōn
1st sg. past	*fiskōdā
Infinitive	*fiskōn
Genitive infin.	*fiskōnijas
Dative infin.	*fiskōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*fiskōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*fiskō	*fiskōdā
2nd singular	*fiskōs	fiskōdēs, fiskōdōs
3rd singular	*fiskōþ	fiskōdē, fiskōdā
1st plural	*fiskōm	*fiskōdum
2nd plural	*fiskōþ	*fiskōdud
3rd plural	*fiskōnþ	*fiskōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*fiskō	*fiskōdī
2nd singular	*fiskōs	*fiskōdī
3rd singular	*fiskō	*fiskōdī
1st plural	*fiskōm	*fiskōdīm
2nd plural	*fiskōþ	*fiskōdīd
3rd plural	*fiskōn	*fiskōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*fiskō
Plural	*fiskōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*fiskōndī	*fiskōd

Derived terms

*fiskōþu

Descendants

Old English: fiscian
- Middle English: fisshen, fischen, fissen
  - English: fish
Old Frisian: fiskia
- Saterland Frisian: fiskje
- West Frisian: fiskje
Old Saxon: fiskon
- Middle Low German: vischen
  - Plautdietsch: feschen
Old Dutch: *fiscon
- Middle Dutch: visschen
  - Dutch: vissen
    - Afrikaans: vis
  - Limburgish: vèsse
Old High German: fiskon
- Middle High German: vischen
  - German: fischen
  - Luxembourgish: fëschen
  - Yiddish: פֿישן‎ (fishn)