Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fīsaną

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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]

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-. Cognate with Latin spīrō.

Verb[edit]

*fīsaną[1][2]

  1. to blow
  2. to fart

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *fīsaną (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fīsō *fīsaų — *fīsai ?
2nd singular *fīsizi *fīsaiz *fīs *fīsazai *fīsaizau
3rd singular *fīsidi *fīsai *fīsadau *fīsadai *fīsaidau
1st dual *fīsōz *fīsaiw — — —
2nd dual *fīsadiz *fīsaidiz *fīsadiz — —
1st plural *fīsamaz *fīsaim — *fīsandai *fīsaindau
2nd plural *fīsid *fīsaid *fīsid *fīsandai *fīsaindau
3rd plural *fīsandi *fīsain *fīsandau *fīsandai *fīsaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *fais *fisį̄
2nd singular *faist *fisīz
3rd singular *fais *fisī
1st dual *fisū *fisīw
2nd dual *fisudiz *fisīdiz
1st plural *fisum *fisīm
2nd plural *fisud *fisīd
3rd plural *fisun *fisīn
present past
participles *fīsandz *fisanaz

Derived terms[edit]

  • *fistaz (“breaking wind, fart”)

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fīsan
    • Old High German: *fīsan
  • Old Norse: físa

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fīsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fīsanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
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