Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faihijaną

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 *faihaz (“colored, painted”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑi̯.xi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*faihijaną

1. to color, paint

Inflection

Conjugation of *faihijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*faihijō	*faihijaų	—	*faihijai	?
2nd singular	*faihīsi	*faihijais	*faihī	*faihijasai	*faihijaisau
3rd singular	*faihīþi	*faihijai	*faihijaþau	*faihijaþai	*faihijaiþau
1st dual	*faihijōs	*faihijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*faihijaþiz	*faihijaiþiz	*faihijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*faihijamaz	*faihijaim	—	*faihijanþai	*faihijainþau
2nd plural	*faihīþ	*faihijaiþ	*faihīþ	*faihijanþai	*faihijainþau
3rd plural	*faihijanþi	*faihijain	*faihijanþau	*faihijanþai	*faihijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*faihidǭ	*faihidēdį̄
2nd singular	*faihidēz	*faihidēdīz
3rd singular	*faihidē	*faihidēdī
1st dual	*faihidēdū	*faihidēdīw
2nd dual	*faihidēdudiz	*faihidēdīdiz
1st plural	*faihidēdum	*faihidēdīm
2nd plural	*faihidēdud	*faihidēdīd
3rd plural	*faihidēdun	*faihidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*faihijandz	*faihidaz

Related terms

• *faihōną/*faigōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *faihijan
  • Old English: fǣġan
    • Middle English: feahen
  • Old High German: fēhen
    • Middle High German: vēhen
• Proto-Norse: ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ (faihido), ᚠᚨᚺᛁᛞᛟ (fahido), ᚠᚨᚺᛁ (fahi)
  • Old Norse: fá, ᚠᛅᚦᛁ (faþi), ᚠᛆᚦᛁ (faþi)
    • Icelandic: fá

Further reading

• 2002, Elmer H. Antonsen, Runes and Germanic Linguistics, Berlin-New York, Mouton De Gruyter