Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faimnijā

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

From Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ.

Noun

*faimnijā f[1]

girl

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faimnijā
Genitive	*faimnijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faimnijā	*faimnijōn
Accusative	*faimnijōn	*faimnijōn
Genitive	*faimnijōn	*faimnijōnō
Dative	*faimnijōn	faimnijōm, faimnijum
Instrumental	*faimnijōn	faimnijōm, faimnijum

Descendants

Old English: fǣmne
Old Frisian: fāmne, fēmne, fomne, fonna, fovne, fone
- North Frisian: faamen, fomen, foomen, faamel, fømel
  - → Middle Low German: fâmele
- Saterland Frisian: Fauene, Fauende
- West Frisian: feem, faam, faamne
- → Middle English: fonne (possibly)
  - English: fun, fond
- → Middle Low German: *fonne, *fone
  - German Low German: Foon

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234: “PWGmc *faimnijā”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234: “PWGmc *faimnijā”