Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faikn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faikną.

Noun

*faikn n [1]

hostility, evil

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faikn
Genitive	*faiknas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faikn	*faiknu
Accusative	*faikn	*faiknu
Genitive	*faiknas	*faiknō
Dative	*faiknē	*faiknum
Instrumental	*faiknu	*faiknum

Descendants

Old English: fācn, fācen
- Middle English: faken, fakenn, foken
Old Saxon: fēkn, fēkan
Old High German: feihhan, feichan
- Middle High German: veichen

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *faikn”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *faikn”