Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faitaz

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *poyh₂d-o-s, from *péyh₂-de-ti, de-present of *peyh₂- (to swell; to be swollen, fat).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

*faitaz

  1. fat

Inflection[edit]


Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fait
    • Old Frisian: fat
      • Saterland Frisian: Fat
    • Old Saxon: *fēt
    • Old Dutch: feit, *fēt
    • Old High German: *feiz
  • Old Norse: feitr
  • Proto-Finnic: *paita (caul fat) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *puojtē (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

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