Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faþm
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *faþmaz.
Noun edit
*faþm m[1]
Inflection edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *faþm | |
Genitive | *faþmas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *faþm | *faþmō, *faþmōs |
Accusative | *faþm | *faþmā |
Genitive | *faþmas | *faþmō |
Dative | *faþmē | *faþmum |
Instrumental | *faþmu | *faþmum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: fæþm
- Old Frisian: fethem, fethm
- Old Saxon: fathm
- Old Dutch: *fatham
- Old High German: fadam, fadum
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *faþm”