Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fangijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Unknown; perhaps either influenced by, or secondary causative to, iterative *funkōn, *fungōn (to sparkle), related to strong verb *finkan (to sparkle, burn).[1]

Verb edit

*fangijan

  1. to ignite

Inflection edit

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *fangijan
1st sg. past *fangidā
Infinitive *fangijan
Genitive infin. *fangijannjas
Dative infin. *fangijannjē
Instrum. infin. *fangijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *fangiju *fangidā
2nd singular *fangisi *fangidēs, *fangidōs
3rd singular *fangiþi *fangidē, *fangidā
1st plural *fangijum *fangidum
2nd plural *fangiþ *fangidud
3rd plural *fangijanþ *fangidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *fangijē *fangidī
2nd singular *fangijēs *fangidī
3rd singular *fangijē *fangidī
1st plural *fangijēm *fangidīm
2nd plural *fangijēþ *fangidīd
3rd plural *fangijēn *fangidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *fangi
Plural *fangiþ
Present Past
Participle *fangijandī *fangid

Alternative reconstructions edit

  • *fankijan (perhaps under the influence of *finkan)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fangjan- ~ *fankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127