Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōts

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Cognate with Ancient Greek πούς (poús), Latin pēs, Lithuanian pėda and Sanskrit पद् (pád).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɸɔːts/

Noun edit

*fōts m

foot

Inflection edit

consonant stemDeclension of *fōts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fōts	*fōtiz
vocative	*fōt	*fōtiz
accusative	*fōtų	*fōtunz
genitive	*fōtiz	*fōtǫ̂
dative	*fōti	*fōtumaz
instrumental	*fōtē	*fōtumiz

Griepentrog argues for an original nominative singular: *fōz.^[1]

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *fōt
- Old English: fōt
  - Middle English: fot, fod, foȝt, foit, foot, foote, fote, fout, fut, vot
    - English: foot (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
    - Yola: voote
- Old Frisian: fōt
  - North Frisian: fötj, fut, Fut
  - Saterland Frisian: Fout
  - West Frisian: foet
- Old Saxon: fōt
  - Middle Low German: vôt
    - Low German:
      - German Low German: Voot
        Hamburgisch: Foot
        Westphalian:
        Lippisch: Féut m
        Ravensbergisch: Feot
        Westmünsterländisch: Foot
        Märkisch: Faut
    - Plautdietsch: Foot
- Old Dutch: fuot
  - Middle Dutch: voet
    - Dutch: voet
    - Limburgish: voot
- Old High German: fuoz
  - Middle High German: fuoz, vuoz
    - Alemannic German: Fuas
    - Bavarian: Fuaß
      Cimbrian: vuus, buus, vuaz
      Gottscheerish: vúəs
      Mòcheno: vuas
    - Central Franconian: Foß, Fuß
      Hunsrik: Fus
      Kölsch: Fooß
      Luxembourgish: Fouss
    - German: Fuß
    - Rhine Franconian: Fuss, Fuß
      Frankfurterisch: Fuß – [fuːs], (older) [fois]
      Pennsylvania German: Fuuss
    - Swabian: Fuaß
    - Vilamovian: füs
    - Yiddish: פֿוס (fus)
Old Norse: fótr
- Icelandic: fótur
- Faroese: fótur
- Norn: fod
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fot; (dialectal) fót’e
- Jamtish: fót
- Elfdalian: fuot
- Old Swedish: fōter, ᚠᚮᛏᚽᚱ
  - Swedish: fot
- Old Danish: fot
  - Danish: fod
    - Norwegian Bokmål: fot
- Gutnish: fot
Gothic: 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus)

References edit

^ Griepentrog, Wolfgang (1995) “Urgermanisch *fōt- "Fuß"”, in Die Wurzelnomina des Germanischen und ihre Vorgeschichte [The Root Nouns of Germanic and their Prehistory] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft) (in German), Innsbruck, Austria: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 153–184

[1] Griepentrog, Wolfgang (1995) “Urgermanisch *fōt- "Fuß"”, in Die Wurzelnomina des Germanischen und ihre Vorgeschichte [The Root Nouns of Germanic and their Prehistory] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft) (in German), Innsbruck, Austria: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 153–184

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