Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/figanaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibly from the past participle of a lost verb *fīganą or *fīhaną (class I) or *fehaną (class V). The past participle of *fehaną would thus be *feganaz.

Attempts have been made to point the foregoing hypothetical verbs to Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (to cook, sear); however, the phonology makes a connection unlikely. For reference, compare Latin coquō (cook), Lithuanian kepti (to bake, fry), Russian печь (pečʹ, to bake), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō, cook, bake), Sanskrit पचति (pácati, he cooks, bakes, roasts, boils).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

*figanaz

  1. fried

Inflection edit


Alternative reconstructions edit

  • feganaz

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

This adjective is not directly attested in any daughter languages save in Old English, in combination with a prefix descended from *uz-.

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fegan, *figan