Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōts

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 Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πούς (poús), Latin pēs, Lithuanian pėda and Sanskrit पद् (pád).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸɔːts/

Noun

*fōts m

1. foot

Reconstruction notes

Griepentrog argues for an original nominative singular: *fōz.

Inflection

Declension of *fōts (consonant stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*fōts	*fōtiz
vocative	*fōt	*fōtiz
accusative	*fōtų	*fōtunz
genitive	*fōtiz	*fōtǫ̂
dative	*fōti	*fōtumaz
instrumental	*fōtē	*fōtumiz

Related terms

• *fetą
• *fetaną
• *feturaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fōt
  • Old English: fōt
    • Middle English: fot, fod, foȝt, foit, foot, foote, fote, fout, fut, vot
      • English: foot (see there for further descendants)

        West Riding: fooit

      • Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
      • Yola: voote
  • Old Frisian: fōt
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: fut

      Mooring: fötj

      Sylt: Fut

    • Saterland Frisian: Fout
    • West Frisian: foet
  • Old Saxon: fōt, fuot
    • Middle Low German: vôt
      • Low German: Foot, voot

        Hamburgisch: Foot

        Westphalian:

        Lippisch: Féut m

        Ravensbergisch: Feot

        Westmünsterländisch: Foot

        Märkisch: Faut

      • Plautdietsch: Foot
  • Old Dutch: fuot
    • Middle Dutch: voet
      • Dutch: voet
      • Limburgish: voot
  • Old High German: fuoȥ
    • Middle High German: vuoȥ, fuoȥ
      • Alemannic German: Fuas
      • Bavarian: Fuaß

        Cimbrian: vuus, buus, vuaz

        Gottscheerish: vúəs

        Mòcheno: vuas

      • Central Franconian: Foß, Fuß

        Hunsrik: Fus

        Kölsch: Fooß

        Luxembourgish: Fouss

      • German: Fuß, Fuss
      • Rhine Franconian: Fuss, Fuß

        Frankfurterisch: Fuß – [fuːs], (older) [fois]

        Pennsylvania German: Fuuss

      • Swabian: Fuaß
      • Vilamovian: füs
      • Yiddish: פֿוס (fus)
• Old Norse: fótr
  • Icelandic: fótur
  • Faroese: fótur
  • Norn: fod
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fot; (dialectal) fót’e
  • Jamtish: fót
  • Elfdalian: fuot
  • Old Swedish: fōter, ᚠᚮᛏᚽᚱ
    • Swedish: fot
  • Old Danish: fot
    • Danish: fod
      • Norwegian Bokmål: fot
  • Gutnish: fot
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus) (converted to u-stem)