Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/felhaną

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

Unknown. Possibly:

• If the sense “to go, enter” is original, related to *fulgāną (“to follow”), for which Kroonen reconstructs a Germanic-only root *pelk- (cf. Kroonen (2013), p. 159, s.v. *fulgēn-).
• If “to conceal” is original, related to Old Prussian pelkis (“cloak”), from an extension *pel-k- of Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸel.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*felhaną

1. to enter, to go inside
2. to put inside, to conceal, to hide, to bury

Inflection

Conjugation of *felhaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*felhō	*felhaų	—	*felhai	?
2nd singular	*filhizi	*felhaiz	*felh	*felhazai	*felhaizau
3rd singular	*filhidi	*felhai	*felhadau	*felhadai	*felhaidau
1st dual	*felhōz	*felhaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*felhadiz	*felhaidiz	*felhadiz	—	—
1st plural	*felhamaz	*felhaim	—	*felhandai	*felhaindau
2nd plural	*filhid	*felhaid	*filhid	*felhandai	*felhaindau
3rd plural	*felhandi	*felhain	*felhandau	*felhandai	*felhaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*falh	*fulgį̄
2nd singular	*falht	*fulgīz
3rd singular	*falh	*fulgī
1st dual	*fulgū	*fulgīw
2nd dual	*fulgudiz	*fulgīdiz
1st plural	*fulgum	*fulgīm
2nd plural	*fulgud	*fulgīd
3rd plural	*fulgun	*fulgīn
	present	past
participles	*felhandz	*fulganaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *felhan
  • Old English: fēolan
    • Middle English: felen
      • English: feal (“to hide”)
  • Old Frisian: fela
  • Old Saxon: felhan
    • Middle Low German: vēlen
  • Old Dutch: *felan
    • Middle Dutch: vēlen
      • Dutch: velen
  • Old High German: felahan, felhan
    • Middle High German: felhen, velhen
• Proto-Norse: ᚠᛖᛚᛡᚺ (felᴀh), ᚠᛡᛚᛡᚺ (fᴀlᴀh) (first-person singular present/past indicative)
  • Old Norse: fela, *fjala
    • Icelandic: fela
    • Faroese: fjala
    • Old Swedish: fiæla, fiala
      • Swedish: fjäla (dialectal)
    • Old Danish: fiælæ, fialæ
      • Danish: fjæle
    • → English: feal
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽 (filhan)