Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fertaną

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 *perd- (“to fart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸer.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fertaną

1. to break wind, fart

Inflection

Conjugation of *fertaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fertō	*fertaų	—	*fertai	?
2nd singular	*firtizi	*fertaiz	*fert	*fertazai	*fertaizau
3rd singular	*firtidi	*fertai	*fertadau	*fertadai	*fertaidau
1st dual	*fertōz	*fertaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fertadiz	*fertaidiz	*fertadiz	—	—
1st plural	*fertamaz	*fertaim	—	*fertandai	*fertaindau
2nd plural	*firtid	*fertaid	*firtid	*fertandai	*fertaindau
3rd plural	*fertandi	*fertain	*fertandau	*fertandai	*fertaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fart	*furtį̄
2nd singular	*farst	*furtīz
3rd singular	*fart	*furtī
1st dual	*furtū	*furtīw
2nd dual	*furtudiz	*furtīdiz
1st plural	*furtum	*furtīm
2nd plural	*furtud	*furtīd
3rd plural	*furtun	*furtīn
	present	past
participles	*fertandz	*furtanaz

Related terms

• *fartōną

Descendants

• Old English: feortan
  • Middle English: verten, ferten, farten
    • English: fart
    • Scots: fart
• Old Saxon: *fertan
  • Middle Low German: ferten, verten
• Old Dutch: *fertan
  • Middle Dutch: verten
• Old High German: ferzan
  • Middle High German: vërzen, varzen
    • German: farzen
    • Yiddish: פֿאַרצן (fartsn)
• Old Norse: freta, frata, *fjarta
  • Icelandic: freta
  • Faroese: frata, freta
  • Norn: frada
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frata, fjarta
  • Old Swedish: fiærta
    • Swedish: fjärta
  • Danish: fjerte, fjærte
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fjerte
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: fjerta