Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fun-

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 *pen- (“bog, mire”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸun-/

Noun

*fun- ?

  1. Stem meaning moisture, mould, mildew

Descendants

  • Old English: fyne (< *funiz?)
    • Middle English: *fine (Kentish *vene)
    • ⇒ Old English: fyniġ
    • ⇒ Old English: fynegian
      • Middle English: *fenowen, *vinewen, vynyen
        • ⇒ Middle English: yvyned
    • ⇒ Old English: fyniht
  • Old Frisian: *fene, *fune
    • ⇒ West Frisian: vunsterig
  • Old Saxon: *funi
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: *funisk
      • Middle Low German: *vunsch
        • Low German: vunsch
  • Old Dutch: *funi
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: *funisk
      • Middle Dutch: vunsc, vunsch, vuyns
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: vunst
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: vunstich
  • ⇒ Old Norse: fúna (verb)
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