Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faimô
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *póyH-mn̥ or *péHi-mn̥ (“suckling”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“milk; fat”)[1] (whence Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (paēman, “mother's milk”), Proto-Germanic *faitaz (“fat”)), compare semantics of Proto-Slavic *děva (“maiden, virgin”), Latin fēmina (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle milk”). Alternatively, cognate with Ancient Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd, herdsman”).[2]
Noun
[edit]*faimô n
Inflection
[edit]neuter an-stemDeclension of *faimô (neuter an-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *faimô | *faimōnō | |
vocative | *faimô | *faimōnō | |
accusative | *faimô | *faimōnō | |
genitive | *faiminiz | *faimanǫ̂ | |
dative | *faimini | *faimammaz | |
instrumental | *faiminē | *faimammiz |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *faimǭ[2]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)-, pī˘-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*faimnjō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
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- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyH-
- Proto-Germanic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic nouns
- Proto-Germanic neuter nouns
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- Proto-Germanic an-stem nouns