Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fanhaną

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

Different origins have been proposed:

• From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂-né-ḱ- ~ *ph₂-n̥-ḱ-, nasal-infix present of the root *peh₂ḱ- (“secure, attach, strengthen”). Related to *fōgijaną.
• From Pre-Germanic *ponḱ-, apparently a univerbation of Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó + *h₂n(e)ḱ- (“to reach, attain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ̃ː.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fanhaną

1. to take, to seize
2. to capture, to catch

Inflection

Conjugation of *fanhaną (strong class 7c)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fanhō	*fanhaų	—	*fanhai	?
2nd singular	*fanhizi	*fanhaiz	*fanh	*fanhazai	*fanhaizau
3rd singular	*fanhidi	*fanhai	*fanhadau	*fanhadai	*fanhaidau
1st dual	*fanhōz	*fanhaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fanhadiz	*fanhaidiz	*fanhadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fanhamaz	*fanhaim	—	*fanhandai	*fanhaindau
2nd plural	*fanhid	*fanhaid	*fanhid	*fanhandai	*fanhaindau
3rd plural	*fanhandi	*fanhain	*fanhandau	*fanhandai	*fanhaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fefanh	*fefangį̄
2nd singular	*fefanht	*fefangīz
3rd singular	*fefanh	*fefangī
1st dual	*fefangū	*fefangīw
2nd dual	*fefangudiz	*fefangīdiz
1st plural	*fefangum	*fefangīm
2nd plural	*fefangud	*fefangīd
3rd plural	*fefangun	*fefangīn
	present	past
participles	*fanhandz	*fanganaz

Derived terms

• *fangiz
• *fangą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fą̄han
  • Old English: fōn
    • Middle English: fon, fangen
      • Scots: fang
      • English: fang
  • Old Frisian: fā
    • Saterland Frisian: fange
    • West Frisian: fange
  • Old Saxon: fāhan
    • Low German: fangen
  • Old Dutch: fān
    • Middle Dutch: vâen
      • Dutch: vangen
        • Afrikaans: vang
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: fanggi
        • Negerhollands: vang, faṅ
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: fank
        • → Aukan: fanga
        • → Sranan Tongo: fanga
          • → Caribbean Javanese: fangah, mangah
      • Limburgish: vange
  • Old High German: fāhan
    • Middle High German: vāhen
      • Alemannic German: faa, faahe
      • Cimbrian: vangan, bangan
      • German: fahen, fangen
      • Luxembourgish: fänken
• Old Norse: fá, ᚠᛅᚦᛁ (faþi), ᚠᛆᚦᛁ (faþi)
  • Icelandic: fá
  • Faroese: fáa, fá
  • Norwegian: få
  • Elfdalian: fą̊
  • Old Swedish: fā
    • Swedish: få
  • Old Danish: fā
    • Danish: få
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan)