fálma

See also: falma

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fálma, perhaps imitative of fumbling.[1] Or, from Proto-Indo-European *pal- (to shake, swing), see also Latin palpo (I pat, touch softly), and possibly Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (to feel).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaulma/
  • Rhymes: -aulma

Verb

fálma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fálmaði, supine fálmað)

  1. (intransitive) to fumble, to grope

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • fálm (fumbling, groping)

References

  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fumble”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2313, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2313
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