Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fēgōną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, either from:
- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“secure, attach, strengthen”), for a similar semantic development see Lithuanian puõsti (“to decorate, make pretty”).
- Or from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful, pretty”), closely related to the strong verb *fehaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*fēgōną[1]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *fēgōną (weak class 2)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fēʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102