Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faigijaz

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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]

Probably related to one of the forms of *faihaz (hostile) or ("colored"), with the latter potentially indicating a meaning of "marked for death".[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑi̯.ɣi.jɑz/

Adjective[edit]

*faigijaz

  1. fey, doomed to die

Inflection[edit]


Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

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