Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fēgijaną

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

Uncertain, either from:

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“secure, attach, strengthen”), for a similar semantic development see Lithuanian puõsti (“to decorate, make pretty”).
Or from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful, pretty”), closely related to the strong verb *fehaną (“to rejoice, be glad”).

Verb

*fēgijaną

to cleanse, polish
to decorate

Inflection

Conjugation of *fēgijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*fēgijō	*fēgijaų	—	*fēgijai	?
2nd singular	*fēgīsi	*fēgijais	*fēgī	*fēgijasai	*fēgijaisau
3rd singular	*fēgīþi	*fēgijai	*fēgijaþau	*fēgijaþai	*fēgijaiþau
1st dual	*fēgijōs	*fēgijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fēgijaþiz	*fēgijaiþiz	*fēgijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fēgijamaz	*fēgijaim	—	*fēgijanþai	*fēgijainþau
2nd plural	*fēgīþ	*fēgijaiþ	*fēgīþ	*fēgijanþai	*fēgijainþau
3rd plural	*fēgijanþi	*fēgijain	*fēgijanþau	*fēgijanþai	*fēgijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fēgidǭ	*fēgidēdį̄
2nd singular	*fēgidēz	*fēgidēdīz
3rd singular	*fēgidē	*fēgidēdī
1st dual	*fēgidēdū	*fēgidēdīw
2nd dual	*fēgidēdudiz	*fēgidēdīdiz
1st plural	*fēgidēdum	*fēgidēdīm
2nd plural	*fēgidēdud	*fēgidēdīd
3rd plural	*fēgidēdun	*fēgidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*fēgijandz	*fēgidaz

Related terms

*fēgōną

Descendants

Old Norse: fægja
- Icelandic: fægja
- Old Swedish: fæghia
  - >? Swedish: feja (usually derived from Middle Low German fēgen (“to sweep, clean, polish”))
- → Middle English: feȝen, feyen
  - English: fay (dialectal)
  - Scots: fey