Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/funkōn

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; presumably from Proto-Germanic *funkōną, from earlier paradigm *funkᵏōþi ~ *fungunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *punk-nā́-ti ~ *punk-un-ánti, iterative to *finkan (“to sparkle, burn”). A connection to Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“fire”) in considered unlikely.[1] Equivalent to *funkō (“spark”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb[edit]

*funkōn

  1. (iterative) to give off sparks
  2. to sparkle

Inflection[edit]

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *funkōn
1st sg. past *funkōdā
Infinitive *funkōn
Genitive infin. *funkōnijas
Dative infin. *funkōnijē
Instrum. infin. *funkōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *funkō *funkōdā
2nd singular *funkōs *funkōdēs, *funkōdōs
3rd singular *funkōþ *funkōdē, *funkōdā
1st plural *funkōm *funkōdum
2nd plural *funkōþ *funkōdud
3rd plural *funkōnþ *funkōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *funkō *funkōdī
2nd singular *funkōs *funkōdī
3rd singular *funkō *funkōdī
1st plural *funkōm *funkōdīm
2nd plural *funkōþ *funkōdīd
3rd plural *funkōn *funkōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *funkō
Plural *funkōþ
Present Past
Participle *funkōndī *funkōd

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

  • *fungōn

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*funkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
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