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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fertaną

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 *perd- (to fart).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸer.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fertaną[1][2]

  1. to break wind, fart

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old English: feortan
    • Middle English: verten, ferten, farten
  • Old Saxon: *fertan
    • Middle Low German: ferten, verten
  • Old Dutch: *fertan
  • Old High German: ferzan
  • Old Norse: freta, frata, *fjarta

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fertan- ~ *fretan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*fertanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 101
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