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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/feukaną

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 *pewǵ- (billow, bulge, drift). Cognate with Latvian pūgà (gust, blast, storm, blizzard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸeu̯.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*feukaną[1]

  1. to whisk; blow

Inflection

  • *faukijaną

Descendants

  • Old Norse: fjúka
    • Icelandic: fjúka
    • Faroese: fúka
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: fyke, fyka
    • Jamtish: fýke
    • Old Swedish: fiūka, fȳka
    • Scanian: fýga
    • Danish: fyge
      • Norwegian Bokmål: fyke

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*feukan- ~ fūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 139
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