Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fukkōną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸuk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

    From Pre-Germanic *pugnéh₂-. Likely related to Latvian puga (gust of wind), as well as perhaps Old Armenian փուք (pʻukʻ, breath, air).[1]

    Verb

    *fukkōną

    1. to blow, gust
    Inflection

    The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *fukk- against non-singular *fuk-.

    Conjugation of *fukkōną (weak class 2)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *fukkō *fukkǭ *fukkōi ?
    2nd singular *fukkōsi *fukkōs *fukkō *fukkōsai *fukkōsau
    3rd singular *fukkōþi *fukkō *fukkōþau *fukkōþai *fukkōþau
    1st dual *fukkōs *fukkōw
    2nd dual *fukkōþiz *fukkōþiz *fukkōþiz
    1st plural *fukkōmaz *fukkōm *fukkōnþai *fukkōnþau
    2nd plural *fukkōþ *fukkōþ *fukkōþ *fukkōnþai *fukkōnþau
    3rd plural *fukkōnþi *fukkōn *fukkōnþau *fukkōnþai *fukkōnþau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *fukkōdǭ *fukkōdēdį̄
    2nd singular *fukkōdēz *fukkōdēdīz
    3rd singular *fukkōdē *fukkōdēdī
    1st dual *fukkōdēdū *fukkōdēdīw
    2nd dual *fukkōdēdudiz *fukkōdēdīdiz
    1st plural *fukkōdēdum *fukkōdēdīm
    2nd plural *fukkōdēdud *fukkōdēdīd
    3rd plural *fukkōdēdun *fukkōdēdīn
    present past
    participles *fukkōndz *fukkōdaz
    Descendants
    • Proto-West Germanic: *fokkōn
      • Old Dutch: *fokkon
        • Middle Dutch: vocken
      • Old High German: fohhōn, fochōn
        • Middle High German: fochen
    • Old Norse: *fokka
      • Icelandic: fokka
      • Faroese: fokka (foresail, noun)

    Etymology 2

      From Pre-Germanic *pugnéh₂-, likely a zero-grade iterative from Proto-Indo-European *pug-, *pewǵ- (to strike, assail). Related to Latin pugnus (fist), Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ, fist), possibly also Russian пуга́ть (pugátʹ, to frighten, scare). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

      Verb

      *fukkōną

      1. to strike, assail
      2. to copulate
      Inflection

      The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *fukk- against non-singular *fuk-.

      Conjugation of *fukkōną (weak class 2)
      active voice passive voice
      present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
      1st singular *fukkō *fukkǭ *fukkōi ?
      2nd singular *fukkōsi *fukkōs *fukkō *fukkōsai *fukkōsau
      3rd singular *fukkōþi *fukkō *fukkōþau *fukkōþai *fukkōþau
      1st dual *fukkōs *fukkōw
      2nd dual *fukkōþiz *fukkōþiz *fukkōþiz
      1st plural *fukkōmaz *fukkōm *fukkōnþai *fukkōnþau
      2nd plural *fukkōþ *fukkōþ *fukkōþ *fukkōnþai *fukkōnþau
      3rd plural *fukkōnþi *fukkōn *fukkōnþau *fukkōnþai *fukkōnþau
      past tense indicative subjunctive
      1st singular *fukkōdǭ *fukkōdēdį̄
      2nd singular *fukkōdēz *fukkōdēdīz
      3rd singular *fukkōdē *fukkōdēdī
      1st dual *fukkōdēdū *fukkōdēdīw
      2nd dual *fukkōdēdudiz *fukkōdēdīdiz
      1st plural *fukkōdēdum *fukkōdēdīm
      2nd plural *fukkōdēdud *fukkōdēdīd
      3rd plural *fukkōdēdun *fukkōdēdīn
      present past
      participles *fukkōndz *fukkōdaz
      Descendants
      • Proto-West Germanic: *fukkōn
        • Old English: *fuccian
          • Middle English: *fukken, *fuken
            • English: fuck (see there for further descendants)
              Geordie: fook
            • Middle Scots: fuk
        • Old Frisian: *fokkia
        • Old Dutch: *fokkon, *fukkon
        • Old High German: *fuhhōn
          • ? Old High German: fitafuhhōn, fitafuchōn (to lust for, seek fornication, beg for prostitution) (with uncertain initial component; possibly related to fitnessi (pimping, match-making, tempting flattery, wantonness))
      • Old Norse: *fukka
        • Faroese: fukka
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: fukka (dialectal)
        • Swedish: fokka (Bohuslän)

      References

      1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fuk(k)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158