Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finhlōną

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 unattested strong verb *finhaną +‎ *-lōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pi-né-k-ti ~ *pi-n-k-énti, nasal-infix of *peyḱ- (“to engrave, adorn, shape”).

Verb

*finhlōną

to file, polish

Inflection

Conjugation of *finhlōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*finhlō	*finhlǭ	—	*finhlōi	?
2nd singular	*finhlōsi	*finhlōs	*finhlō	*finhlōsai	*finhlōsau
3rd singular	*finhlōþi	*finhlō	*finhlōþau	*finhlōþai	*finhlōþau
1st dual	*finhlōs	*finhlōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*finhlōþiz	*finhlōþiz	*finhlōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*finhlōmaz	*finhlōm	—	*finhlōnþai	*finhlōnþau
2nd plural	*finhlōþ	*finhlōþ	*finhlōþ	*finhlōnþai	*finhlōnþau
3rd plural	*finhlōnþi	*finhlōn	*finhlōnþau	*finhlōnþai	*finhlōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*finhlōdǭ	*finhlōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*finhlōdēz	*finhlōdēdīz
3rd singular	*finhlōdē	*finhlōdēdī
1st dual	*finhlōdēdū	*finhlōdēdīw
2nd dual	*finhlōdēdudiz	*finhlōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*finhlōdēdum	*finhlōdēdīm
2nd plural	*finhlōdēdud	*finhlōdēdīd
3rd plural	*finhlōdēdun	*finhlōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*finhlōndz	*finhlōdaz

Alternative reconstructions

*finhalōną, *finhilōną

Derived terms

*finhlō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fį̄hlōn, *finhalōn, *finhilōn
- Old English: fīlian
  - Middle English: filen
    - English: file
- Old Frisian: *fīlia
  - West Frisian: fylje
- Old Saxon: fīlon
  - Middle Low German: vīlen
- Old Dutch: *fīlon
  - Middle Dutch: vilen
    - Dutch: vijlen
- Old High German: fīlōn, fīhalōn, fīgilōn
  - Middle High German: vīlen, vīhelen, fīlen
    - German: feilen

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*finxlō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103