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- ?

Stem meaning moisture, mould, mildew

Related terms

*fanją

Descendants

Old English: fyne (< *funiz?)
- Middle English: *fine (Kentish *vene)
  - English: fen; finew
- ⇒ Old English: fyniġ
  - Middle English: *finy, *viny
    - English: vinny; vinney
- ⇒ Old English: fynegian
  - Middle English: *fenowen, *vinewen, vynyen
    - ⇒ Middle English: yvyned
      - English: fenowed (obsolete)
- ⇒ 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
    - Dutch: vuns
      - ⇒ Dutch: vunzig
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: vunst
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: vunstich
⇒ Old Norse: fúna (verb)
- Icelandic: fúna