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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fulmō

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 *pl̥h₂meh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *plh₂m-, *plh₂em- (“palm of the hand”)[1], from either Proto-Indo-European *plh₂- (“to spread out”)[2] or *pelh₂- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Latin palma (“palm”), Old Irish lām (“hand”), Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸul.mɔː/

Noun

*fulmō f

  1. (anatomy) palm (of the hand)

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *fulmō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fulmō *fulmôz
vocative *fulmō *fulmôz
accusative *fulmǭ *fulmōz
genitive *fulmōz *fulmǫ̂
dative *fulmōi *fulmōmaz
instrumental *fulmō *fulmōmiz

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Old English: folm f; folme f
  • Old Saxon: *folm m (attested in plural folmos)
  • Old High German: folma f

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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