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
Etymology
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
Adjective
*faigijaz
Inflection
Declension of *faigijaz (ja-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *faigijaz | *faigijai | *faigijō | *faigijôz | *faigiją, -atō | *faigijō |
| Accusative | *faigijanǭ | *faigijanz | *faigijǭ | *faigijōz | *faigiją, -atō | *faigijō |
| Genitive | *faigijas, -īs | *faigijaizǫ̂ | *faigijaizōz | *faigijaizǫ̂ | *faigijas, -īs | *faigijaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *faigijammai | *faigijaimaz | *faigijaizōi | *faigijaimaz | *faigijammai | *faigijaimaz |
| Instrumental | *faigijanō | *faigijaimiz | *faigijaizō | *faigijaimiz | *faigijanō | *faigijaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *faigijô | *faigijaniz | *faigijǭ | *faigijōniz | *faigijô | *faigijōnō |
| Accusative | *faigijanų | *faigijanunz | *faigijōnų | *faigijōnunz | *faigijô | *faigijōnō |
| Genitive | *faigīniz | *faigijanǫ̂ | *faigijōniz | *faigijōnǫ̂ | *faigīniz | *faigijanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *faigīni | *faigijammaz | *faigijōni | *faigijōmaz | *faigīni | *faigijammaz |
| Instrumental | *faigīnē | *faigijammiz | *faigijōnē | *faigijōmiz | *faigīnē | *faigijammiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: fǣġe
- Old Saxon: fēgi
- Middle Low German: veige
- Old Dutch: *fēgi
- Old High German: feigi
- Old Norse: feigr
- → Proto-Samic:
- → Finnish: peijakas, peijaiset
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)