Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fulgāną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Possibly originated as a compound of the roots of *fullaz (“full”) and *gāną (“to go”), with a sense of "full-going". This could have shifted to a meaning of "to serve, go with as an attendant" (compare also fulfill).

Alternatively, may be derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelḱ-, *polḱ- (“to turn, twist, wind”), which itself might have merged with another verb to form Proto-Germanic *felhaną (“to conceal”), but also ("to go, proceed").[1]

Verb[edit]

*fulgāną

  1. to follow

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *fulgāną (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fulgō ? — ? ?
2nd singular *fulgaisi ? *fulgai *fulgāsai ?
3rd singular *fulgaiþi ? *fulgāþau *fulgāþai ?
1st dual *fulgōs ? — — —
2nd dual *fulgāþiz ? *fulgāþiz — —
1st plural *fulgāmaz ? — *fulgānþai ?
2nd plural *fulgaiþ ? *fulgaiþ *fulgānþai ?
3rd plural *fulgānþi ? *fulgānþau *fulgānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fulgadǭ *fulgadēdį̄
2nd singular *fulgadēz *fulgadēdīz
3rd singular *fulgadē *fulgadēdī
1st dual *fulgadēdū *fulgadēdīw
2nd dual *fulgadēdudiz *fulgadēdīdiz
1st plural *fulgadēdum *fulgadēdīm
2nd plural *fulgadēdud *fulgadēdīd
3rd plural *fulgadēdun *fulgadēdīn
present past
participles *fulgāndz *fulgadaz

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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