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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/felhaną

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

Unknown. Possibly:

  • If the sense “to go, enter” is original, related to *fulgāną (“to follow”), for which Kroonen reconstructs a Germanic-only root *pelk- (cf. Kroonen (2013), p. 159, s.v. *fulgēn-).
  • If “to conceal” is original, related to Old Prussian pelkis (“cloak”), from an extension *pel-k- of Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, cloth”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸel.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*felhaną[1][2]

  1. to enter, to go inside
  2. to put inside, to conceal, to hide, to bury

Inflection
Conjugation of *felhaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *felhō*felhaų—*felhai ?
2nd singular *filhizi*felhaiz*felh*felhazai*felhaizau
3rd singular *filhidi*felhai*felhadau*felhadai*felhaidau
1st dual *felhōz*felhaiw———
2nd dual *felhadiz*felhaidiz*felhadiz——
1st plural *felhamaz*felhaim—*felhandai*felhaindau
2nd plural *filhid*felhaid*filhid*felhandai*felhaindau
3rd plural *felhandi*felhain*felhandau*felhandai*felhaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *falh*fulgį̄
2nd singular *falht*fulgīz
3rd singular *falh*fulgī
1st dual *fulgū*fulgīw
2nd dual *fulgudiz*fulgīdiz
1st plural *fulgum*fulgīm
2nd plural *fulgud*fulgīd
3rd plural *fulgun*fulgīn
present past
participles *felhandz*fulganaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *felhan
    • Old English: fēolan
      • Middle English: felen
        • English: feal (“to hide”)
    • Old Frisian: fela
    • Old Saxon: felhan
    • Old Dutch: *felan
    • Old High German: felahan, felhan
      • Middle High German: felhen, velhen
  • Proto-Norse: ᚠᛖᛚᛡᚺ (felᴀh), ᚠᛡᛚᛡᚺ (fᴀlᴀh) (first-person singular present/past indicative)
    • Old Norse: fela, *fjala
      • Icelandic: fela
      • Faroese: fjala
      • Old Swedish: fiæla, fiala
        • Swedish: fjäla (dialectal)
      • Old Danish: fiælæ, fialæ
        • Danish: fjæle
      • → English: feal
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽 (filhan)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*felhan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*felxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 97
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