Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fadōną

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 Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“protect, guard, graze, feed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.ðɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fadōną

1. (West Germanic) to graze; feed oneself

Inflection

Conjugation of *fadōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fadō	*fadǭ	—	*fadōi	?
2nd singular	*fadōsi	*fadōs	*fadō	*fadōsai	*fadōsau
3rd singular	*fadōþi	*fadō	*fadōþau	*fadōþai	*fadōþau
1st dual	*fadōs	*fadōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fadōþiz	*fadōþiz	*fadōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fadōmaz	*fadōm	—	*fadōnþai	*fadōnþau
2nd plural	*fadōþ	*fadōþ	*fadōþ	*fadōnþai	*fadōnþau
3rd plural	*fadōnþi	*fadōn	*fadōnþau	*fadōnþai	*fadōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fadōdǭ	*fadōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*fadōdēz	*fadōdēdīz
3rd singular	*fadōdē	*fadōdēdī
1st dual	*fadōdēdū	*fadōdēdīw
2nd dual	*fadōdēdudiz	*fadōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*fadōdēdum	*fadōdēdīm
2nd plural	*fadōdēdud	*fadōdēdīd
3rd plural	*fadōdēdun	*fadōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fadōndz	*fadōdaz

Related terms

• *fōdijaną
• *fōdô
• *fōdrą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fadōn
  • >? Old English: fadian (“to guide, direct, order”)
    • Middle English: faden
      • >? English: fad
  • Old High German: fatōn (in past part kavatōt)
    • Middle High German: vetten (partially)
      • German: fetten
      • Luxembourgish: fetten
    • ⇒ Old High German: fatunga
    • ⇒ Old High German: giunfatōn