Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fanją

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 lost *fan- +‎ *-ją, from *pen- (“moist, wet, mud, swamp, water”). Cognate with Old Prussian pannean (“bog”), Proto-Celtic *ɸenos (“water”); possibly also related to Proto-Germanic *funhtijaz (“wet, damp”), Old English fyne (“mold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑn.jɑ̃/

Noun

*fanją n

1. fen, marsh, swamp

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *fanją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fanją	*fanjō
vocative	*fanją	*fanjō
accusative	*fanją	*fanjō
genitive	*fanjas, *fanis	*fanjǫ̂
dative	*fanjai	*fanjamaz
instrumental	*fanjō	*fanjamiz

Synonyms

• (marsh): *sīką, *strōduz, *sumpaz, *swambaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fani
  • Old English: fenn, fen, fænn, fæn, feon, fien
    • Middle English: fen, fenne, ven
      • English: fen
      • Scots: fen
      • Yola: ven
  • Old Frisian: fene, fenne, fane
    • North Frisian: fenn
    • Saterland Frisian: Foan
    • West Frisian: fean
  • Old Saxon: feni, fenni
    • Middle Low German: venne, vēn, ven
      • German Low German: Fenne
  • Old Dutch: *feni
    • Middle Dutch: vēne
      • Dutch: veen
    • Middle Dutch: venne
      • Dutch: ven
  • Old High German: fenni
    • Middle High German: venne (rare, northern)
      • German: Fenn, Venn (chiefly based on Low German)
  • → Old French: *fagne
    • Walloon: fanie, fagne
      • → French: fagne
• Old Norse: fen
  • Icelandic: fen
  • Faroese: fen
  • Norwegian: fen
  • Danish: fen
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌹 (fani)