Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fehtan
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *fehtaną.
Verb
edit*fehtan[1]
- to fight
Inflection
editStrong class 3 | ||
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Infinitive | *fehtan | |
1st sg. past | *faht | |
3rd pl. past | *fuhtun | |
Past ptcple | *fohtan | |
Infinitive | *fehtan | |
Genitive infin. | *fehtannjas | |
Dative infin. | *fehtannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *fehtannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *fehtu | *faht |
2nd singular | *fihtiʀi | *fuhtī |
3rd singular | *fihtidi | *faht |
1st plural | *fehtum | *fuhtum |
2nd plural | *fihtid | *fuhtud |
3rd plural | *fehtand | *fuhtun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *fehtē | *fuhtī |
2nd singular | *fehtēs | *fuhtī |
3rd singular | *fehtē | *fuhtī |
1st plural | *fehtēm | *fuhtīm |
2nd plural | *fehtēþ | *fuhtīd |
3rd plural | *fehtēn | *fuhtīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *fiht | |
Plural | *fihtid | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *fehtandī | *fohtan |
Descendants
edit- Old English: feohtan
- Old Frisian: fiuchta, fiuhta
- Old Saxon: fehtan
- Old Dutch: fehtan
- Old High German: fehtan
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *fehtan”