Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehtaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck, ruffle, tousle, shear”). Cognate with Latin pectō (“to comb, thrash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸex.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fehtaną

1. to comb, detangle
2. to struggle (with), fight
3. to shear

Inflection

Conjugation of *fehtaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fehtō	*fehtaų	—	*fehtai	?
2nd singular	*fihtizi	*fehtaiz	*feht	*fehtazai	*fehtaizau
3rd singular	*fihtidi	*fehtai	*fehtadau	*fehtadai	*fehtaidau
1st dual	*fehtōz	*fehtaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fehtadiz	*fehtaidiz	*fehtadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fehtamaz	*fehtaim	—	*fehtandai	*fehtaindau
2nd plural	*fihtid	*fehtaid	*fihtid	*fehtandai	*fehtaindau
3rd plural	*fehtandi	*fehtain	*fehtandau	*fehtandai	*fehtaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*faht	*fuhtį̄
2nd singular	*fahst	*fuhtīz
3rd singular	*faht	*fuhtī
1st dual	*fuhtū	*fuhtīw
2nd dual	*fuhtudiz	*fuhtīdiz
1st plural	*fuhtum	*fuhtīm
2nd plural	*fuhtud	*fuhtīd
3rd plural	*fuhtun	*fuhtīn
	present	past
participles	*fehtandz	*fuhtanaz

Related terms

• *fahsą
• *fahtiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fehtan
  • Old English: feohtan
    • Middle English: fighten, fehten, feghten, feighten, fihhtenn, fiȝten
      • Scots: fecht, ficht
      • English: fight
  • Old Frisian: fiuchta, fiuhta
    • Saterland Frisian: fjuchte
    • West Frisian: fjochtsje, fjuchte
  • Old Saxon: fehtan
    • Middle Low German: vechten
      • Low German: fechten
      • → Danish: fægte
      • → Norwegian: fekte
      • → Saterland Frisian: fächtje
      • → Swedish: fäkta
  • Old Dutch: fehtan
    • Middle Dutch: vechten
      • Dutch: vechten
        • Afrikaans: veg
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: purkaru
        • Negerhollands: vekkete, fegete, figiti, fikiti
          • → Virgin Islands Creole: fikiti (dated)
      • Limburgish: vechte
      • West Flemish: vichten
  • Old High German: fehtan
    • Middle High German: vëhten
      • Alemannic German: fëchte
      • German: fechten
        • → Russian: фехтовать (fextovatʹ)