Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/finþaną

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 *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸin.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*finþaną

1. to find, to discover, to come upon

Inflection

Conjugation of *finþaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*finþō	*finþaų	—	*finþai	?
2nd singular	*finþizi	*finþaiz	*finþ	*finþazai	*finþaizau
3rd singular	*finþidi	*finþai	*finþadau	*finþadai	*finþaidau
1st dual	*finþōz	*finþaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*finþadiz	*finþaidiz	*finþadiz	—	—
1st plural	*finþamaz	*finþaim	—	*finþandai	*finþaindau
2nd plural	*finþid	*finþaid	*finþid	*finþandai	*finþaindau
3rd plural	*finþandi	*finþain	*finþandau	*finþandai	*finþaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fanþ	*fundį̄
2nd singular	*fanst	*fundīz
3rd singular	*fanþ	*fundī
1st dual	*fundū	*fundīw
2nd dual	*fundudiz	*fundīdiz
1st plural	*fundum	*fundīm
2nd plural	*fundud	*fundīd
3rd plural	*fundun	*fundīn
	present	past
participles	*finþandz	*fundanaz

Derived terms

• *fundaz
• *fundiz
• *fundulaz

Related terms

• *fandōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *finþan
  • Old English: findan
    • Middle English: finden
      • Scots: find, fynd
      • English: find
        • → Welsh: ffeindio
  • Old Frisian: finda
    • Saterland Frisian: fiende
    • West Frisian: fine
  • Old Saxon: findan, fīthan
    • Middle Low German: vinden
      • Low German: finden, finnen
      • Plautdietsch: finje
  • Old Dutch: findan
    • Middle Dutch: vinden
      • Dutch: vinden
      • Limburgish: vinje
  • Old High German: findan
    • Middle High German: vinden
      • Alemannic German: fianda (Vorarlberg)
      • Bavarian: findn

        Cimbrian: vènnan, bènnan, vennen, vintan

        Mòcheno: vinnen

      • Central Franconian: fenge
      • German: finden
      • Luxembourgish: fannen
      • Yiddish: געפֿינען (gefinen)
• Old Norse: finna
  • Icelandic: finna
  • Faroese: finna
  • Norn: finna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: finna, finne
  • Old Swedish: finna
    • Swedish: finna
  • Old Danish: finnæ
    • Danish: finde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: finne
  • Gutnish: finne, finn', finna
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan)