Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faþmijaną

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 *faþmaz (“fathom, outstretched arms”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑθ.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*faþmijaną[1][2]

  1. to fathom, to measure with outstretched arms
  2. to span

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *faþmijō *faþmijaų — *faþmijai ?
2nd singular *faþmīsi *faþmijais *faþmī *faþmijasai *faþmijaisau
3rd singular *faþmīþi *faþmijai *faþmijaþau *faþmijaþai *faþmijaiþau
1st dual *faþmijōs *faþmijaiw — — —
2nd dual *faþmijaþiz *faþmijaiþiz *faþmijaþiz — —
1st plural *faþmijamaz *faþmijaim — *faþmijanþai *faþmijainþau
2nd plural *faþmīþ *faþmijaiþ *faþmīþ *faþmijanþai *faþmijainþau
3rd plural *faþmijanþi *faþmijain *faþmijanþau *faþmijanþai *faþmijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *faþmidǭ *faþmidēdį̄
2nd singular *faþmidēz *faþmidēdīz
3rd singular *faþmidē *faþmidēdī
1st dual *faþmidēdū *faþmidēdīw
2nd dual *faþmidēdudiz *faþmidēdīdiz
1st plural *faþmidēdum *faþmidēdīm
2nd plural *faþmidēdud *faþmidēdīd
3rd plural *faþmidēdun *faþmidēdīn
present past
participles *faþmijandz *faþmidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *faþmijan
    • Old Saxon: *fethmian
      • Middle Low German: vedemen
    • Old Dutch: *fethmen
      • Middle Dutch: vedemen
    • Old High German: *fadimen
      • ⇒ Old High German: gifadimen
  • Old Norse: feðma
    • Icelandic: feðma
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: femna

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faþma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132: “*faþmjan-”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*faþmjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
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