Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fat

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fatą.

Noun[edit]

*fat n[1]

  1. vessel, container

Inflection[edit]

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *fat
Genitive *fatas
Singular Plural
Nominative *fat *fatu
Accusative *fat *fatu
Genitive *fatas *fatō
Dative *fatē *fatum
Instrumental *fatu *fatum

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: fæt
  • Old Frisian: fet
    • Saterland Frisian: Fät
    • West Frisian: fet
  • Old Saxon: fat
    • Middle Low German: vat
      • German Low German: Fatt
      • Low German: Vat
  • Old Dutch: fat, vat
  • Old High German: faz

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148:PWGmc *fat