Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fanþijō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *fanþan (to walk) +‎ *-jō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (to pass, go).

Noun edit

*fanþijō m[1]

  1. traveller on foot

Inflection edit

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *fanþijō
Genitive *fanþijini, *fanþijan
Singular Plural
Nominative *fanþijō *fanþijan
Accusative *fanþijan *fanþijan
Genitive *fanþijini, *fanþijan *fanþijanō
Dative *fanþijini, *fanþijan *fanþijum
Instrumental *fanþijini, *fanþijan *fanþijum

Descendants edit

  • Old English: fēþa
  • Old Saxon: fendio
    • Middle Low German: vent
      • German Low German: Fent
  • Old Dutch: *fendo
  • Old High German: fendo, fendeo

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141:PWGmc *fanþijō