Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fatjaną

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

Causative of *fetaną (“to walk, stride”, class V strong verb), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, step, go”).

Verb

*fatjaną

1. to step, walk, go

Inflection

Conjugation of *fatjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fatjō	*fatjaų	—	*fatjai	?
2nd singular	*fatisi	*fatjais	*fati	*fatjasai	*fatjaisau
3rd singular	*fatiþi	*fatjai	*fatjaþau	*fatjaþai	*fatjaiþau
1st dual	*fatjōs	*fatjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fatjaþiz	*fatjaiþiz	*fatjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fatjamaz	*fatjaim	—	*fatjanþai	*fatjainþau
2nd plural	*fatiþ	*fatjaiþ	*fatiþ	*fatjanþai	*fatjainþau
3rd plural	*fatjanþi	*fatjain	*fatjanþau	*fatjanþai	*fatjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fatidǭ	*fatidēdį̄
2nd singular	*fatidēz	*fatidēdīz
3rd singular	*fatidē	*fatidēdī
1st dual	*fatidēdū	*fatidēdīw
2nd dual	*fatidēdudiz	*fatidēdīdiz
1st plural	*fatidēdum	*fatidēdīm
2nd plural	*fatidēdud	*fatidēdīd
3rd plural	*fatidēdun	*fatidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fatjandz	*fatidaz

Related terms

• *fatōną
• *fetaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fattjan
  • Old High German: *fezzen
    • ⇒ Old High German: fizzōn (class 2 weak verb)
      • Middle High German: vitzen
        • German: fitzen
• Old Norse: *feta (class 1 weak verb)
  • Icelandic: feta
  • Faroese: feta
  • ⇒ Old Norse: þverfeta