Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fehaną

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 *peḱ- (“joyful, pretty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fehaną

1. to rejoice, be glad

Inflection

Conjugation of *fehaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fehō	*fehaų	—	*fehai	?
2nd singular	*fihizi	*fehaiz	*feh	*fehazai	*fehaizau
3rd singular	*fihidi	*fehai	*fehadau	*fehadai	*fehaidau
1st dual	*fehōz	*fehaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fehadiz	*fehaidiz	*fehadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fehamaz	*fehaim	—	*fehandai	*fehaindau
2nd plural	*fihid	*fehaid	*fihid	*fehandai	*fehaindau
3rd plural	*fehandi	*fehain	*fehandau	*fehandai	*fehaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fah	*fēgį̄
2nd singular	*faht	*fēgīz
3rd singular	*fah	*fēgī
1st dual	*fēgū	*fēgīw
2nd dual	*fēgudiz	*fēgīdiz
1st plural	*fēgum	*fēgīm
2nd plural	*fēgud	*fēgīd
3rd plural	*fēgun	*fēgīn
	present	past
participles	*fehandz	*feganaz

Derived terms

• *fagjaną
• *faginōną
• *fēhiz

Descendants

• ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *gafehan
  • Old English: ġefēon, ġefeohan
  • Old High German: gifehan

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fehan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133