Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fatōną

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 *pod-néh₂-ti, from *pod- (“to fetch”), and cognate with Old Church Slavonic попасти (popasti, “to fetch”). Whether the root is further connected to *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”) is unclear and semantically dubious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fatōną

1. to hold; seize

Inflection

Conjugation of *fatōną (weak class 2)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fatō	*fatǭ	—		*fatōi	?
2nd singular	*fatōsi	*fatōs	*fatō		*fatōsai	*fatōsau
3rd singular	*fatōþi	*fatō	*fatōþau		*fatōþai	*fatōþau
1st dual	*fatōs	*fatōw	—		—	—
2nd dual	*fatōþiz	*fatōþiz	*fatōþiz		—	—
1st plural	*fatōmaz	*fatōm	—		*fatōnþai	*fatōnþau
2nd plural	*fatōþ	*fatōþ	*fatōþ		*fatōnþai	*fatōnþau
3rd plural	*fatōnþi	*fatōn	*fatōnþau		*fatōnþai	*fatōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fatōdǭ	*fatōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*fatōdēz	*fatōdēdīz
3rd singular	*fatōdē	*fatōdēdī
1st dual	*fatōdēdū	*fatōdēdīw
2nd dual	*fatōdēdudiz	*fatōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*fatōdēdum	*fatōdēdīm
2nd plural	*fatōdēdud	*fatōdēdīd
3rd plural	*fatōdēdun	*fatōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fatōndz	*fatōdaz

Related terms

• *fatilaz
• *fatjaną
• *fetaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fatōn
  • Old English: fatian, fetian, feċċan
    • Middle English: facchen, fecchen, fetchen, fochen; feten, fetten
      • English: fatch, fetch; fet
      • Scots: fatch, fesh, fetch; fet
  • Old Frisian: fatia
    • Saterland Frisian: foatje
    • West Frisian: fetsje
  • Old Saxon: *fatōn
    • Middle Low German: vāten
      • Low German: faten
      • → Danish: fatte
        • → Icelandic: fatta
      • → Swedish: fatta
      • → Norwegian: fatte
  • Old Dutch: *faton
    • Middle Dutch: vaten, vatten
      • Dutch: vatten
        • Afrikaans: vat
  • Old High German: fazzōn
    • Middle High German: vazzen
      • Cimbrian: vassan, bassan (Mezzaselva)
      • German: fassen
        • → Polish: fasować
          • → Russian: фасова́ть (fasovátʹ)
      • Luxembourgish: faassen
• Old Norse: fata
  • Icelandic: fata
  • Faroese: fata
  • Old Swedish: fata