Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/figanaz
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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
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly from the past participle of a lost verb *fīganą or *fīhaną (class I) or *fehaną (class V). The past participle of *fehaną would thus be *feganaz.
Attempts have been made to point the foregoing hypothetical verbs to Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, sear”); however, the phonology makes a connection unlikely. For reference, compare Latin coquō (“cook”), Lithuanian kepti (“to bake, fry”), Russian печь (pečʹ, “to bake”), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō, “cook, bake”), Sanskrit पचति (pácati, “he cooks, bakes, roasts, boils”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*figanaz
Inflection
editDeclension of *figanaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *figanaz | *figanai | *figanō | *figanôz | *figaną, -atō | *figanō |
| Accusative | *figananǭ | *figananz | *figanǭ | *figanōz | *figaną, -atō | *figanō |
| Genitive | *figanas, -is | *figanaizǫ̂ | *figanaizōz | *figanaizǫ̂ | *figanas, -is | *figanaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *figanammai | *figanaimaz | *figanaizōi | *figanaimaz | *figanammai | *figanaimaz |
| Instrumental | *figananō | *figanaimiz | *figanaizō | *figanaimiz | *figananō | *figanaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *figanô | *figananiz | *figanǭ | *figanōniz | *figanô | *figanōnō |
| Accusative | *figananų | *figananunz | *figanōnų | *figanōnunz | *figanô | *figanōnō |
| Genitive | *figaniniz | *figananǫ̂ | *figanōniz | *figanōnǫ̂ | *figaniniz | *figananǫ̂ |
| Dative | *figanini | *figanammaz | *figanōni | *figanōmaz | *figanini | *figanammaz |
| Instrumental | *figaninē | *figanammiz | *figanōnē | *figanōmiz | *figaninē | *figanammiz |
Alternative reconstructions
edit- feganaz
Derived terms
editDescendants
editThis adjective is not directly attested in any daughter languages save in Old English, in combination with a prefix descended from *uz-.