Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faþmaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *pat-, *peth₂- (“shoulders, armful, fathom”). Cognate with Lithuanian petīs (“shoulder, armpit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑθ.mɑz/

Noun

*faþmaz m

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *faþmaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*faþmaz	faþmōz, faþmōs
vocative	*faþm	faþmōz, faþmōs
accusative	*faþmą	*faþmanz
genitive	faþmas, faþmis	*faþmǫ̂
dative	*faþmai	*faþmamaz
instrumental	*faþmō	*faþmamiz

Derived terms

*faþmōną

Descendants

Old English: fæþm
- Middle English: fathome, fadome
  - Scots: faddom
  - English: fathom
Old Frisian: fethem, fethm
- Saterland Frisian: Fäidem, Fäden
- West Frisian: fiem
Old Saxon: *fathm (attested as plural fathmos)
- Middle Low German: vadem
  - German Low German: Faam
  - Low German: fadem, faem
Old Dutch: *fatham
- Middle Dutch: vadem, vaem (late)
  - Dutch: vadem, vaam
Old High German: fadam, fadum
- Middle High German: vadem, vaden
  - Cimbrian: baadom
  - German: Faden
  - Luxembourgish: Fuedem
Old Norse: faðmr
- Icelandic: faðmur
- Faroese: favnur
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: favn
  - Nynorsk: famn
- Old Swedish: famn, faghn
  - Swedish: famn, fagn
- Old Danish: fafn, fathm
  - Danish: favn, farm, fadm
- Westrobothnian: famn
- Elfdalian: farm, fammen
- Gutnish: famn
- Scanian: fağn
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: fáŧmi
- Southern Sami: faerhmie

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