Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fanþijō

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

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Noun

*fanþijō m [1]

traveller on foot

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fanþijō	*fanþijan
Accusative	*fanþijan	*fanþijan
Genitive	*fanþijini	*fanþijanō
Dative	*fanþijini	*fanþijum
Instrumental	*fanþijini	*fanþijum

Descendants

Old English: fēþa
Old Dutch: *fendo
- Middle Dutch: vende
Old High German: fendo, fendeo
- Middle High German: vende

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *fanþijō”

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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 141: “PWGmc *fanþijō”