Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faþmōną

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 *faþmaz (“fathom, outstretched arms”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑθ.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*faþmōną

1. to fathom, to measure with outstretched arms
2. to embrace, to hug

Inflection

Conjugation of *faþmōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*faþmō	*faþmǭ	—	*faþmōi	?
2nd singular	*faþmōsi	*faþmōs	*faþmō	*faþmōsai	*faþmōsau
3rd singular	*faþmōþi	*faþmō	*faþmōþau	*faþmōþai	*faþmōþau
1st dual	*faþmōs	*faþmōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*faþmōþiz	*faþmōþiz	*faþmōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*faþmōmaz	*faþmōm	—	*faþmōnþai	*faþmōnþau
2nd plural	*faþmōþ	*faþmōþ	*faþmōþ	*faþmōnþai	*faþmōnþau
3rd plural	*faþmōnþi	*faþmōn	*faþmōnþau	*faþmōnþai	*faþmōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*faþmōdǭ	*faþmōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*faþmōdēz	*faþmōdēdīz
3rd singular	*faþmōdē	*faþmōdēdī
1st dual	*faþmōdēdū	*faþmōdēdīw
2nd dual	*faþmōdēdudiz	*faþmōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*faþmōdēdum	*faþmōdēdīm
2nd plural	*faþmōdēdud	*faþmōdēdīd
3rd plural	*faþmōdēdun	*faþmōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*faþmōndz	*faþmōdaz

Related terms

• *faþmijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *faþmōn
  • Old English: fæðmian
    • Middle English: fathmen, fadmen
      • English: fathom
  • Old Frisian: *fethmia
    • West Frisian: fiemje
  • Old Saxon: *fathmōn
    • Middle Low German: vādemen
  • Old Dutch: *fathmon
    • Middle Dutch: vādemen
      • Dutch: vademen
  • Old High German: fadamōn, fadumōn
• Old Norse: faðma
  • Icelandic: faðma
  • Norwegian:

    Bokmål: favne

    Nynorsk: famne, famna

  • Swedish: famna
  • Danish: favne