Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fandōną

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

An o-grade iterative derived from *finþaną (“to find”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑn.dɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fandōną

1. to seek, search for, examine

Inflection

Conjugation of *fandōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fandō	*fandǭ	—	*fandōi	?
2nd singular	*fandōsi	*fandōs	*fandō	*fandōsai	*fandōsau
3rd singular	*fandōþi	*fandō	*fandōþau	*fandōþai	*fandōþau
1st dual	*fandōs	*fandōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fandōþiz	*fandōþiz	*fandōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fandōmaz	*fandōm	—	*fandōnþai	*fandōnþau
2nd plural	*fandōþ	*fandōþ	*fandōþ	*fandōnþai	*fandōnþau
3rd plural	*fandōnþi	*fandōn	*fandōnþau	*fandōnþai	*fandōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fandōdǭ	*fandōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*fandōdēz	*fandōdēdīz
3rd singular	*fandōdē	*fandōdēdī
1st dual	*fandōdēdū	*fandōdēdīw
2nd dual	*fandōdēdudiz	*fandōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*fandōdēdum	*fandōdēdīm
2nd plural	*fandōdēdud	*fandōdēdīd
3rd plural	*fandōdēdun	*fandōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fandōndz	*fandōdaz

Descendants

• Old English: fandian
  • Middle English: fandien, fanden
    • English: fand
• Old Frisian: fandia
  • → Old Norse: fendinn (from present participle)
    • Norwegian: faen, fanden
    • Old Swedish: fændin
      • Swedish: fan
    • Danish: fanden
• Old Saxon: fandon
  • Middle Low German: vanden
• Old Dutch: *fandon
  • Middle Dutch: vanden
    • Dutch: vanden (dialectal)
• Old High German: fanton
  • Middle High German: vanten, fenden, vanden
    • German: fahnden