Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fanją

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 *ponyo- (“swamp”), from *pen- (“moist; wet; mud; swamp; water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑn.jɑ̃/

Noun

*fanją n

fen, marsh, swamp

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *fanją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fanją	*fanjō
vocative	*fanją	*fanjō
accusative	*fanją	*fanjō
genitive	fanjas, fanis	*fanjǫ̂
dative	*fanjai	*fanjamaz
instrumental	*fanjō	*fanjamiz

Synonyms

(marsh): *sīką, *strōduz, *sumpaz, *swambaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fani
- Old English: fenn, fen, fænn, fæn, feon, fien
  - Middle English: fen, fenne, ven
    - English: fen
    - Scots: fen
    - Yola: ven
- Old Frisian: fene, fenne, fane
  - North Frisian: fenn
  - Saterland Frisian: Foan
  - West Frisian: fean
- Old Saxon: feni, fenni
  - Middle Low German: venne, vēn, ven
    - German Low German: Fenne
- Frankish: *fani
  - Old Dutch: *feni
    - Middle Dutch: vēne
      - Dutch: veen
    - Middle Dutch: venne
      - Dutch: ven
  - → Old French: *fagne (from the plural)
    - Walloon: fanie, fagne
      - → French: fagne
- Old High German: fenni
  - Middle High German: venne (rare; northern)
    - German: Fenn, Venn (chiefly based on Low German)
Old Norse: fen
- Icelandic: fen
- Faroese: fen
- Norwegian: fen
- Danish: fen
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌹 (fani)

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