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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faþmijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *faþmaz (“fathom, outstretched arms”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑθ.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*faþmijaną[1][2]

  1. to fathom, to measure with outstretched arms
  2. to span

Inflection
Conjugation of *faþmijaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *faþmijō*faþmijaų—*faþmijai ?
2nd singular *faþmīsi*faþmijais*faþmī*faþmijasai*faþmijaisau
3rd singular *faþmīþi*faþmijai*faþmijaþau*faþmijaþai*faþmijaiþau
1st dual *faþmijōs*faþmijaiw———
2nd dual *faþmijaþiz*faþmijaiþiz*faþmijaþiz——
1st plural *faþmijamaz*faþmijaim—*faþmijanþai*faþmijainþau
2nd plural *faþmīþ*faþmijaiþ*faþmīþ*faþmijanþai*faþmijainþau
3rd plural *faþmijanþi*faþmijain*faþmijanþau*faþmijanþai*faþmijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *faþmidǭ*faþmidēdį̄
2nd singular *faþmidēz*faþmidēdīz
3rd singular *faþmidē*faþmidēdī
1st dual *faþmidēdū*faþmidēdīw
2nd dual *faþmidēdudiz*faþmidēdīdiz
1st plural *faþmidēdum*faþmidēdīm
2nd plural *faþmidēdud*faþmidēdīd
3rd plural *faþmidēdun*faþmidēdīn
present past
participles *faþmijandz*faþmidaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *faþmijan
    • Old Saxon: *fethmian
      • Middle Low German: vedemen
    • Old Dutch: *fethmen
      • Middle Dutch: vedemen
  • Old Norse: feðma
    • Icelandic: feðma
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: femna

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faþma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132: “*faþmjan-”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*faþmjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
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