Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/funsijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *funsijaną. Equivalent to *funs (“ready”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*funsijan

1. to make ready to go

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*funsijan
1st sg. past	*funsidā
Infinitive	*funsijan
Genitive infin.	*funsijannjas
Dative infin.	*funsijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*funsijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*funsiju	*funsidā
2nd singular	*funsisi	*funsidēs, *funsidōs
3rd singular	*funsiþi	*funsidē, *funsidā
1st plural	*funsijum	*funsidum
2nd plural	*funsiþ	*funsidud
3rd plural	*funsijanþ	*funsidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*funsijē	*funsidī
2nd singular	*funsijēs	*funsidī
3rd singular	*funsijē	*funsidī
1st plural	*funsijēm	*funsidīm
2nd plural	*funsijēþ	*funsidīd
3rd plural	*funsijēn	*funsidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*funsi
Plural	*funsiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*funsijandī	*funsid

Descendants

• Old English: fȳsan, fȳsian; fēsan, fēsian
  • Middle English: füsen, fesen (with unexpected /ɛː/)
    • English: feeze, fease, faze
    • Scots: faize
• Old Saxon: fūsian