*finþaną

Runic: ᚠᛁᚾᚦᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸin.θɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to find, to discover, to come upon

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pént-e/o-from root *pent-(‘to pass; path’). Cognates are Old Armenian հուն (hun, ‘ford, shallow; passage, way’), Bulgarian път (pǎt, ‘path, road, way, alley’), and Proto-Celtic *ɸontā (‘path, way’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	finþō	finþaų	–
2nd singular	finþizi	finþaiz	finþ
3rd singular	finþidi	finþai	finþadau
1st dual	finþōz	finþaiw	–
2nd dual	finþadiz	finþaidiz	finþadiz
1st plural	finþamaz	finþaim	–
2nd plural	finþid	finþaid	finþid
3rd plural	finþandi	finþain	finþandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	finþai	–
2nd singular	finþazai	finþaizau
3rd singular	finþadai	finþaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	finþandai	finþaindau
2nd plural	finþandai	finþaindau
3rd plural	finþandai	finþaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	fanþ	fundį̄
2nd singular	fanst	fundīz
3rd singular	fanþ	fundī
1st dual	fundū	fundīw
2nd dual	fundudiz	fundīdiz
1st plural	fundum	fundīm
2nd plural	fundud	fundīd
3rd plural	fundun	fundīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
finþaną	finþandz	fundanaz

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Descendants

*finþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- findan (Old Dutch)
  - vinden (Middle Dutch)
    - vinden (Dutch)
    - vinje (Limburgish)
*finþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- findan (Old English)
  - finden (Middle English)
    - find (English)
    - find, fynd (Scots)
*finþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- finda (Old Frisian)
  - fiende (Saterland Frisian)
  - fine (West Frisian)
*finþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- findan (Old High German)
  - vinden (Middle High German)
    - fianda (Alemannic German)
    - findn (Bavarian)
    - finden (German)
    - געפֿינען (gefinen) (Yiddish)
*finþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- findan (Old High German)
  - vinden (Middle High German)
    - finge, fenge, fenne, fönne, fonne (Central Franconian)
      - fannen (Luxembourgish)
*finþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- findan, fīthan (Old Saxon)
  - vinden (Middle Low German)
    - finnen, finden, fingen (Low German)
    - finje (Plautdietsch)
finna (Old Norse)
- finna (Faroese)
- finna (Icelandic)
- finna, finne (Norwegian Nynorsk)
finna (Old Norse)
- finnæ (Old Danish)
  - finde (Danish)
    - finne (Norwegian Bokmål)
finna (Old Norse)
- finna (Old Swedish)
  - finna (Swedish)
𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan) (Gothic)

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