Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fēmanā
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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic edit
Etymology edit
From earlier *θēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”).
Noun edit
*fēmanā f
Declension edit
| ā-stemDeclension of *fēmanā (ā-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *fēmanā | *fēmanās |
| vocative | *fēmana | *fēmanās |
| accusative | *fēmanam | *fēmanans |
| genitive | *fēmanās | *fēmanāzom |
| dative | *fēmanāi | *fēmanais |
| ablative | *fēmanād | *fēmanais |
| locative | *fēmanāi | *fēmanais |
Descendants edit
- Latin: fēmina
- Dalmatian:
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: fèna
- Old French: fame, fam, feme
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: fonne
- Bourguignon: fanne, fonne
- Champenois: fanme, fonme, fomme
- Gallo: fame, fom
- Lorrain: fomme
- Middle French: femme (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: femme, fâme, faume, faumme; foume; fenme, foume, fenme
- Picard: fanme, féme, feume
- Walloon: feme
- → Middle English: femme, feme
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings: