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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/funsijaną

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 *funsaz (ready, willing) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸun.si.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*funsijaną[1]

  1. to predispose; make favourable; make ready

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *funsijan
    • Old English: fȳsan, fȳsian; fēsan, fēsian
      • Middle English: füsen, fesen (with unexpected /ɛː/)
    • Old Saxon: fūsian
  • Old Norse: fýsa
    • Icelandic: fýsa
    • Faroese: fýsa
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: fysa
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fyse

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*funsijanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
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