Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faką

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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

Etymology

Via pre-Germanic *ph₂ǵóm, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fit, fasten, fix”).^[1] Cognate with Sanskrit पाजस् (pā́jas, “surface, side”), Latin pāgus (“division, district”) and pangō (“fasten, fix”, verb). The root is otherwise absent from Germanic, but see *fastuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.kɑ̃/

Noun

*faką n(West Germanic)

An enclosed or defined space; division; compartment; department
Bounded space of time; period; interval

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *faką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*faką	*fakō
vocative	*faką	*fakō
accusative	*faką	*fakō
genitive	fakas, fakis	*fakǫ̂
dative	*fakai	*fakamaz
instrumental	*fakō	*fakamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fak
- Old English: fæc, fec
  - Middle English: fæc, fec
    - English: fack
    - Scots: faik, feck, fauk
- Old Frisian: fak, fek
  - Saterland Frisian: Fäk
  - West Frisian: fek
- Old Saxon: fac, fak
  - Middle Low German: vak
    - German Low German: Fack
    - → Danish: fag
      - → Icelandic: fag
    - → Norwegian:
      - Norwegian Bokmål: fag
      - Norwegian Nynorsk: fag
    - → Swedish: fack
- Old Dutch: *fak
  - Middle Dutch: vac
    - Dutch: vak
      - Afrikaans: vak
      - → Indonesian: vak
- Old High German: fah
  - Middle High German: vach
    - German: Fach
      - → English: Fach
      - → Esperanto: fako
      - → Kashubian: fach
      - → Luxembourgish: Fach
      - → Polish: fach
    - Yiddish: פֿאַך (fakh)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124

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