Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fehtan

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fehtaną.

Verb

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*fehtan[1]

  1. to fight

Inflection

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Strong class 3
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

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References

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  1. ^ 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