Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/felma-

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 Pre-Germanic *pélmo- (“skin, hide”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“hide, skin; to cover, wrap”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸel.maz/
IPA^(key): /ˈɸel.mɔːː/

Noun

*felma- m

A stem meaning: covering, skin, hide, fleece.

Related terms

*fellą

Descendants

In the Anglo-Frisian languages, derived forms seem to have supplanted the inherited forms.

Old English: *felma (in compound ǣġerfelma); filmen, fylmen (< *filmīną)
- Middle English: filme
  - Scots: fillum, feelim
  - English: film
Old Frisian: filmene
Old Dutch: *felm
- Middle Dutch: velm
Old High German: felm m

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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