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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faigijaz

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

Probably related to one of the forms of *faihaz (hostile) or ("colored"), with the latter potentially indicating a meaning of "marked for death".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑi̯.ɣi.jɑz/

Adjective

*faigijaz

  1. fey, doomed to die

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *faigī
  • Old Norse: feigr, ᚠᛆᛁᚴᛁᚭᚿ (faikiąn)
  • ? Proto-Finnic: *peijeh (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic:
    • Northern Sami: váiggas
    • Southern Sami: faajkes

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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