Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fetaną

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to give birth”). Cognate with Old Irish idu (“labour pains”).

Verb

*fetaną

1. to give birth

Inflection

Conjugation of *fetaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fetō	*fetaų	—	*fetai	?
2nd singular	*fitizi	*fetaiz	*fet	*fetazai	*fetaizau
3rd singular	*fitidi	*fetai	*fetadau	*fetadai	*fetaidau
1st dual	*fetōz	*fetaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fetadiz	*fetaidiz	*fetadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fetamaz	*fetaim	—	*fetandai	*fetaindau
2nd plural	*fitid	*fetaid	*fitid	*fetandai	*fetaindau
3rd plural	*fetandi	*fetain	*fetandau	*fetandai	*fetaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fat	*fētį̄
2nd singular	*fast	*fētīz
3rd singular	*fat	*fētī
1st dual	*fētū	*fētīw
2nd dual	*fētudiz	*fētīdiz
1st plural	*fētum	*fētīm
2nd plural	*fētud	*fētīd
3rd plural	*fētun	*fētīn
	present	past
participles	*fetandz	*fetanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fetan
  • Old English: fetan
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fitan)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”). Cognate with Russian па́дать (pádatʹ, “to fall, drop, decrease, decline”).

Verb

*fetaną

1. to go; to fall

Inflection

Conjugation of *fetaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fetō	*fetaų	—	*fetai	?
2nd singular	*fitizi	*fetaiz	*fet	*fetazai	*fetaizau
3rd singular	*fitidi	*fetai	*fetadau	*fetadai	*fetaidau
1st dual	*fetōz	*fetaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fetadiz	*fetaidiz	*fetadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fetamaz	*fetaim	—	*fetandai	*fetaindau
2nd plural	*fitid	*fetaid	*fitid	*fetandai	*fetaindau
3rd plural	*fetandi	*fetain	*fetandau	*fetandai	*fetaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fat	*fētį̄
2nd singular	*fast	*fētīz
3rd singular	*fat	*fētī
1st dual	*fētū	*fētīw
2nd dual	*fētudiz	*fētīdiz
1st plural	*fētum	*fētīm
2nd plural	*fētud	*fētīd
3rd plural	*fētun	*fētīn
	present	past
participles	*fetandz	*fetanaz

Related terms

• *fetą
• *feturaz
• *fōts

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fetan
  • Old English: *fetan (“to fall”), ġefetan
  • Old High German: fezzan (“to fall”)
• Old Norse: feta (“to step”)
  • Icelandic: feta
  • Swedish: fjäta (dialectal)