Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/funhtijaz

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.

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From Proto-Indo-European *pnktu-, from *pen-k-. Cognate with Sanskrit पङ्क (paṅka​, mud, bog). If *pen-k- is a k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *pen- (moist; mud, swamp) (which is uncertain), then compare also Proto-Germanic *fanją (fen, marsh), as well as Proto-Germanic *fangō (wetness, moisture) (whence Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰 (fanga, mud, addle, mire), Italian fango (mud)).[1]

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Adjective edit

*funhtijaz

  1. wet
  2. damp; moist

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References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*funhtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160