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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahaną

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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

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Etymology

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Derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (to fasten, place). Cognate with Latin pangere (to fasten).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*fahaną

  1. to fasten, to fit together

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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There are no attested descendants of this word, but it must have existed because the causative derived from it is attested in several languages.

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fōgjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 150:*fahan-