Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faikn
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *faikną.
Noun
[edit]*faikn n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *faikn | |
| Genitive | *faiknas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *faikn | *faiknu |
| Accusative | *faikn | *faiknu |
| Genitive | *faiknas | *faiknō |
| Dative | *faiknē | *faiknum |
| Instrumental | *faiknu | *faiknum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: fācn, fācen
- Old Frisian: *fēkn
- ⇒ Old Frisian: fēknia (verb)
- Old Saxon: fēkn, fēkan
- Old High German: feihhan, feichan
- Middle High German: veichen
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *faikn”