*fandōną

Runic: ᚠᚨᚾᛞᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑn.dɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

to seek, search for, examine

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pont-néh₂-ti ~ *pont-n̥h2-énti, from root *pent- (‘to pass, path’), an o-grade iterative of *finþaną (‘to find’) (Kroonen 2013).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	fandō	fandǭ	–
2nd singular	fandōsi	fandōs	fandō
3rd singular	fandōþi	fandō	fandōþau
1st dual	fandōs	fandōw	–
2nd dual	fandōþiz	fandōþiz	fandōþiz
1st plural	fandōmaz	fandōm	–
2nd plural	fandōþ	fandōþ	fandōþ
3rd plural	fandōnþi	fandōn	fandōnþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	fandōi	–
2nd singular	fandōsai	fandōsau
3rd singular	fandōþai	fandōþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	fandōnþai	fandōnþau
2nd plural	fandōnþai	fandōnþau
3rd plural	fandōnþai	fandōnþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	fandōdǭ	fandōdēdį̄
2nd singular	fandōdēz	fandōdēdīz
3rd singular	fandōdē	fandōdēdī
1st dual	fandōdēdū	fandōdēdīw
2nd dual	fandōdēdudiz	fandōdēdīdiz
1st plural	fandōdēdum	fandōdēdīm
2nd plural	fandōdēdud	fandōdēdīd
3rd plural	fandōdēdun	fandōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
fandōną	fandōndz	fandōdaz

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Descendants

fandōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- fandian (Old English)
  - fonden, fonde (Middle English)
fandōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- fandia (Old Frisian)
  - fendinn (Old Norse)
    - fanden (Danish)
    - faen, fanden (Norwegian)
fandōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- fandia (Old Frisian)
  - fendinn (Old Norse)
    - fændin (Old Swedish)
      - fan (Swedish)
fandōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- fandon (Old Saxon)
  - vanden (Middle Low German)
fandōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *fandon (Old Dutch)
  - vanden (Middle Dutch)
    - vanden (Dutch)
fandōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- fanton (Old High German)
  - vanten, fenden, vanden (Middle High German)
    - fahnden (German)

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