Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fēgōną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editUncertain, 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
editVerb
edit*fēgōną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *fēgōną (weak class 2)
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fēʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102