Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furtijan

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 *furtu (“fart”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*furtijan

to break wind, fart

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*furtijan
1st sg. past	*furtidā
Infinitive	*furtijan
Genitive infin.	*furtijannjas
Dative infin.	*furtijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*furtijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*furtiju	*furtidā
2nd singular	*furtisi	furtidēs, furtidōs
3rd singular	*furtiþi	furtidē, furtidā
1st plural	*furtijum	*furtidum
2nd plural	*furtiþ	*furtidud
3rd plural	*furtijanþ	*furtidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*furtijē	*furtidī
2nd singular	*furtijēs	*furtidī
3rd singular	*furtijē	*furtidī
1st plural	*furtijēm	*furtidīm
2nd plural	*furtijēþ	*furtidīd
3rd plural	*furtijēn	*furtidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*furti
Plural	*furtiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*furtijandī	*furtid

Related terms

*fertan

Descendants

Old Saxon: *furtian
- Middle Low German: vorten, vörten
  - German Low German:
    Sauerländisch: fuarten
    Westphalian: forten
Old Dutch: *furten
- Middle Dutch: vorten, vurten
  - Dutch: vorten (obsolete)
Old High German: furzen
- Middle High German: vurzen, vorzen
  - Cimbrian: bórtzan
  - Central Franconian:
    Ripuarian: fotze
  - German: furzen
  - Luxembourgish: fuerzen
  - → Plautdietsch: forzen