Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fawjaną

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *puH- (rotten, foul).[1]

Verb edit

*fawjaną[1]

  1. to let it rot
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
  • Old Norse: feyja

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (to cleanse, purify).[2] Cognate Latin purus.

Verb edit

*fawjaną[2]

  1. to sift
Inflection edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faujan- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faujan- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132