Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fangą

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

Derived from *fanhaną (“to catch”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑŋ.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

*fangą n

  1. catch (that which is caught)

Inflection

Declension of *fangą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fangą *fangō
vocative *fangą *fangō
accusative *fangą *fangō
genitive *fangas, *fangis *fangǫ̂
dative *fangai *fangamaz
instrumental *fangō *fangamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: fang m
    • >? Middle English: fang (possibly from Old Norse or reformed from the verb)
  • Old Norse: fang
  • Gothic: *𐍆𐌰𐌷 (*fāh), 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafāh) (with analogical leveling from 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gafahan))
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *panka (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fanʒan ~ *fanxan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
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