Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fōtōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *fōt (“foot”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*fōtōn

1. to walk or travel on foot
2. to haste
3. to support, base

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*fōtōn
1st sg. past	*fōtōdā
Infinitive	*fōtōn
Genitive infin.	*fōtōnijas
Dative infin.	*fōtōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*fōtōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*fōtō	*fōtōdā
2nd singular	*fōtōs	*fōtōdēs, *fōtōdōs
3rd singular	*fōtōþ	*fōtōdē, *fōtōdā
1st plural	*fōtōm	*fōtōdum
2nd plural	*fōtōþ	*fōtōdud
3rd plural	*fōtōnþ	*fōtōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*fōtō	*fōtōdī
2nd singular	*fōtōs	*fōtōdī
3rd singular	*fōtō	*fōtōdī
1st plural	*fōtōm	*fōtōdīm
2nd plural	*fōtōþ	*fōtōdīd
3rd plural	*fōtōn	*fōtōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*fōtō
Plural	*fōtōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*fōtōndī	*fōtōd

Descendants

• Old English: fōtian
  • Middle English: foten
    • English: foot
• Old Saxon: *fōtōn
  • Middle Low German: vōten
• Old Dutch: *fuoton
  • Middle Dutch: voeten
    • Dutch: voeten
• Old High German: *fuozōn
  • Middle High German: vuozen
    • German: fußen
    • Luxembourgish: foussen