fhefhaked

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fefake(d), 3.sg.perf.act.ind. of *fakjō. Compare Latin pepigī beside pēgī, Oscan fefacid.^[1] ⟨FH⟩ was once the way to spell /f/, when the character ⟨F⟩ ("digamma") denoted /w/. This digraph ⟨FH⟩ for /f/ also appears in Etruscan and Venetic. The character ⟨Φ⟩ denoted a plosive [pʰ], and was therefore not suitable for a fricative like [ɸ] or [f]).^[2] This reduplicated fhefhaked was once a productive perfect-tense verb, but later gave way to fēc- as the way to form the perfect stem of facere.^[3]

Pronunciation

(Early Old Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɸeɸakeːd/

Verb

𐌅𐌇𐌄⁝𐌅𐌇𐌀𐌊𐌄𐌃 (fhe(⁝)fhakēd / vhe(⁝)vhakēd)

Early Latin form of fēcit
- 7th century BC, Praeneste fibula:
  𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔:𐌌𐌄𐌃:𐌅𐌇𐌄⁝𐌅𐌇𐌀𐌊𐌄𐌃:𐌍𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌏𐌉
  MANIOS:MED:FHE⁝FHAKED:NVMASIOI
  Manius made me for Numasius

References

^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 171
^ “Old Latin: FHEFHAKED”, in WordReference.com, 2019.
^ Danny L. Bate (2020 November 11) “Re-Reduplication in La-Latin”, in blog at WordPress.com‎^[1].

[1] Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 171

[2] “Old Latin: FHEFHAKED”, in WordReference.com, 2019.

[3] Danny L. Bate (2020 November 11) “Re-Reduplication in La-Latin”, in blog at WordPress.com‎^[1].

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