Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fait

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

Adjective

*fait

1. fat

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*fait
Genitive	*faitas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*fait	*faitu	*fait
Accusative	*faitanā	*faitā	*fait
Genitive	*faitas	*faiteʀā	*faitas
Dative	*faitumē	*faiteʀē	*faitumē
Instrumental	*faitu	*faiteʀu	*faitu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*faitē	*faitō	*faitu
Accusative	*faitā	*faitā	*faitu
Genitive	*faiteʀō	*faiteʀō	*faiteʀō
Dative	*faitēm, *faitum	*faitēm, *faitum	*faitēm, *faitum
Instrumental	*faitēm, *faitum	*faitēm, *faitum	*faitēm, *faitum

Derived terms

• *faitī
• *faitijan

Descendants

• Old Frisian: fat, fet
  • Saterland Frisian: fat
  • West Frisian: fet
• Old Saxon: *fēt
  • Middle Low German: vēt, veet
• Old Dutch: feit, *fēt
• Old High German: *feiz
  • Middle High German: veiz
    • Cimbrian: bòas
    • German: feiß (obsolete)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).

Noun

*fait n or m

1. fat (substance)

Inflection

Neuter

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fait
Genitive	*faitas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fait	*faitu
Accusative	*fait	*faitu
Genitive	*faitas	*faitō
Dative	*faitē	*faitum
Instrumental	*faitu	*faitum

Masculine

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fait
Genitive	*faitas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fait	*faitō, *faitōs
Accusative	*fait	*faitā
Genitive	*faitas	*faitō
Dative	*faitē	*faitum
Instrumental	*faitu	*faitum

Descendants

Note: Descendants were conflated with secondary nouns derived from the adjective.

• Old English: fǣt m
  • Middle English: fat, fatt, fatte
    • English: fat
    • Scots: fatt, fat
• Old Frisian: *fat, *fet
  • Saterland Frisian: Fatt m
  • West Frisian: fet n
• Old Saxon: *fēt
  • Middle Low German: vêt, vet, vett, vette n
    • German Low German: Fett
      • → German: Fett n
    • → Middle High German: fette, vette f
      • German: Fette f
    • →? Danish: fedt n
    • →? Norwegian Bokmål: fett n
    • →? Faroese: feitt n
    • →? Swedish: fett n
    • →? Norwegian Nynorsk: feitt n
• Old Dutch: fēt n
  • Middle Dutch: vet
    • Dutch: vet
• Old High German: *feiz
  • Middle High German: feiz, feize, veiz, veize f (alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *faitī f)