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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.

Pronunciation

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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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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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.

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.[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).

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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.

Derived terms

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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

    Further reading

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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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      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.
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