Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehaną

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (joyful, pretty).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*fehaną

  1. to rejoice, be glad

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gafehan
    • Old English: ġefēon, ġefeohan
    • Old High German: gifehan

Further reading edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fehan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133