Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fun-

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 *pen- (“bog, mire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸun-/

Noun

*fun- ?

1. Stem meaning moisture, mould, mildew

Related terms

• *fanją

Descendants

• Old English: fyne (< *funiz?)
  • Middle English: *fine (Kentish *vene)
    • English: fen; finew
  • ⇒ Old English: fyniġ
    • Middle English: *finy, *viny
      • English: vinny; vinney
  • ⇒ Old English: fynegian
    • Middle English: *fenowen, *vinewen, vynyen
      • ⇒ Middle English: yvyned
        • English: fenowed (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Old English: fyniht
• Old Frisian: *fene, *fune
  • ⇒ West Frisian: vunsterig
• Old Saxon: *funi
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: *funisk
    • Middle Low German: *vunsch
      • Low German: vunsch
• Old Dutch: *funi
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: *funisk
    • Middle Dutch: vunsc, vunsch, vuyns
      • Dutch: vuns
        • ⇒ Dutch: vunzig
  • ⇒ Middle Dutch: vunst
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: vunstich
• ⇒ Old Norse: fúna (verb)
  • Icelandic: fúna