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fot

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See also: FOT, föt, and főt

Catalan

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Verb

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fot

  1. inflection of fotre:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

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    Noun

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    fot (plural feet or (measure) fot or (rare) fotes)

    2. A foot (appendage used for motion and support)
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[2], published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:17, folio 117, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
        ⁊ whanne I hadde ſeyn hym .· I felde doun at his feet as deed / ⁊ he puttide his riȝthond on me .· ⁊ ſeide / nyle þou dꝛede I am þe firſte ⁊ þe laſte […]
        And when I saw him, I fell down at his feet like I was dead. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid; I am the first and the last […]
    3. The use of one's feet (to move or stand).
    4. An animal's track or prints.
    5. One of a set of units of measurement:
      1. foot (unit for measuring length)
      2. square foot (unit for measuring area)
      3. (prosody) A metrical foot
    6. The bottom or foundation of something (e.g. stairs):
      1. The foot (leg-like support) of a table or chair.
      2. The end of a bed or tomb (where the foot rests).
    7. (figurative) An individual; a human.

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    Descendants

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    • English: foot (see there for further descendants)
      West Riding: fooit
    • Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
    • Yola: voote

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

    Noun

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    fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føtter, definite plural føttene)

    1. (anatomy) a foot
    2. a foot (unit of measurement = 12 inches)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Akin to English foot, Latin pēs, and Ancient Greek πούς (poús).

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    Noun

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    fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føter, definite plural føtene)

    1. (anatomy) a foot
    2. a foot (unit of measurement: 12 inches)

    Inflection

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    Historical inflection of fot
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    Aasen1 Fot Foten Føter Føterne
    1901 føter (føtar) føterne (føtane)
    1917 føter [føtter] føtene2 [føttene]
    1938 (current) fot foten føter føtene
    • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
    • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
    • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
    • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Form had been allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

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    Old English

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    mennisċ fōt

    Etymology

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      From Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

      The nominative and accusative plural fēt is the result of an umlaut: the first vowel in Proto-West Germanic plural *fōti shifted into a close-mid front rounded vowel in order to harmonize it with the last vowel. After speakers dropped the last vowel, the front rounded vowel became unrounded, although some dialects (largely the Anglian ones) retained the rounded vowel longer than West Saxon did.[1]

      Cognates

      Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fōt, Old Saxon fōt (Dutch voet), Old High German fuoȥ (German Fuß), Old Norse fótr (Danish fod, Swedish fot), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Sanskrit पद् (pád), Ancient Greek πούς (poús) (genitive ποδός (podós)); Doric πῶς (pôs), Latin pēs (genitive pedis), Persian پا (pā).

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      fōt m (nominative plural fēt)

      1. a foot, in the following senses:
        1. (anatomy) an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion
        2. a unit of length, especially a third of a yard
        3. the base or bottom of something
          Hīe wīcodon æt þæs beorges fēt.
          They camped at the foot of the mountain.
        4. (prosody) a metrical foot

      Declension

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      Strong consonant stem:

      singular plural
      nominative fōt fēt
      accusative fōt fēt
      genitive fōtes fōta
      dative fēt fōtum

      A rare nominative/accusative plural fōtas is also attested.

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      References

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      1. ^ Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern (2010), An Introduction to Historical Linguistics‎[1], fourth edition, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, page 43

      Old Irish

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      Etymology 1

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        From Proto-Celtic *wazdos, which could be from the same root as *wāstos (“empty”).

        Noun

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        fot m (genitive fuit)

        1. length
        Declension
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        Masculine o-stem
        singular dual plural
        nominative fot — —
        vocative fuit — —
        accusative fotN — —
        genitive fuitL — —
        dative futL — —
        Initial mutations of a following adjective:
        • H = triggers aspiration
        • L = triggers lenition
        • N = triggers nasalization
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        • Middle Irish: fot, fat
          • Irish: fad
          • Manx: fod (“at length”)
          • Scottish Gaelic: fad

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        Etymology 2

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          Univerbation of fo do.

          Determiner

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          fot

          1. fo + do (“your sg”, triggers lenition): under (etc.) your sg
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          Mutation

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          Mutation of fot
          radical lenition nasalization
          fot ḟot fot
          pronounced with /β̃-/

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

          Old Saxon

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          Alternative forms

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          Etymology

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          From Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

          Noun

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          fot m

          1. foot

          Declension

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          fōt (masculine i-stem)
          singular plural
          nominative fōt fōt
          accusative fōt fōt
          genitive fōties fōtiō
          dative fōtie fōtium
          instrumental — —

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          Polabian

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          Etymology

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            Borrowed from Middle Low German vāt / vat.

            Noun

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            fot m inan

            1. barrel, vat

            References

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            • Polański, Kazimierz (1994), “fot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 1096
            • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “vot”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 178
            • Olesch, Reinhold (1973), “Wôt”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 3: T – Z, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1509

            Swedish

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            fötter [feet]
            fötter på fågel [feet of a bird]

            Etymology

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            From Old Swedish fōter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

            Pronunciation

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            • IPA(key): /fuːt/
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            Noun

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            fot c

            1. (anatomy) a foot (body part touching the ground while standing or walking)
              Synonym: (colloquial, cutesy) fossing
              När man står upp så har man fötterna på backen.
              When you stand up, your feet are on the ground.
              • 2001, Caramell, “Caramelldansen [The Caramell dance ("karamell" is the usual spelling)]”, in Supergott [Super tasty]‎[3]:
                Så rör på era fötter (o-a-a-a), och vicka era höfter (o-la-la-la). Gör som vi till denna melodi.
                So move your feet (o-a-a-a), and wiggle your hips (o-la-la-la). Do as we do [do as we] to this melody.
            2. a foot (part of something in contact with the underlying surface)
              fötterna på pallen
              the feet of the stool
            3. a foot (end opposite the head or the top)
              Coordinate terms: huvud, topp
            4. a foot (unit of length with various definitions)

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            Declension of fot 1-3
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite fot fots
            definite foten fotens
            plural indefinite fötter fötters
            definite fötterna fötternas
            Declension of fot 4
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite fot fots
            definite fot fots
            plural indefinite — —
            definite — —

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            References

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            • “fot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
            • Svensk MeSH

            Volapük

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            Etymology

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            Borrowed from French forêt.

            Noun

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            fot (genitive fota, plural fots)

            1. forest

            Declension

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            Declension of fot
            Singular Plural
            Nominative fot fots
            Genitive fota fotas
            Dative fote fotes
            Accusative foti fotis
            Predicative1 fotu fotus
            Vocative o fot o fots
            1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

            Further reading

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            • “fot”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)
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