Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fakōn

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

To explain the anomalous consonant in the modern English decendant, Kroonen reconstructs Proto-Germanic *fakk/gōn an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”). He suggests the following semantic development: 'to ravel out' > 'to become tired'. Possibly conflated with a factitive construction *fak (“sleepy”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*fakōn

1. to become tired
2. to become sleepy

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*fakōn
1st sg. past	*fakōdā
Infinitive	*fakōn
Genitive infin.	*fakōnijas
Dative infin.	*fakōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*fakōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*fakō	*fakōdā
2nd singular	*fakōs	*fakōdēs, *fakōdōs
3rd singular	*fakōþ	*fakōdē, *fakōdā
1st plural	*fakōm	*fakōdum
2nd plural	*fakōþ	*fakōdud
3rd plural	*fakōnþ	*fakōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*fakō	*fakōdī
2nd singular	*fakōs	*fakōdī
3rd singular	*fakō	*fakōdī
1st plural	*fakōm	*fakōdīm
2nd plural	*fakōþ	*fakōdīd
3rd plural	*fakōn	*fakōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*fakō
Plural	*fakōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*fakōndī	*fakōd

Descendants

• Old English: *facian, *faggian
  • Middle English: *faken, *faggen
    • English: fag
    • Scots: faik
• Old Dutch: facon
  • Middle Dutch: vāken
    • Dutch: vaken (obsolete)
• Old High German: *fahhōn
  • Middle High German: vachen