Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fahtiz

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

Related to *fahsą (“hair; mane”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑx.tiz/

Noun

*fahtiz m[1]

  1. wool; fleece

Inflection

Declension of *fahtiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fahtiz *fahtīz
vocative *fahti *fahtīz
accusative *fahtį *fahtinz
genitive *fahtīz *fahtijǫ̂
dative *fahtī *fahtimaz
instrumental *fahtī *fahtimiz

Descendants

  • Old English: feht m
  • (Old Frisian: fecht m)?
  • Old Dutch: *faht
  • Old Norse: *fátt, *fætt
    • Old Swedish: fǣtter m
      • Swedish: fätt (dialectal)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*faxtiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89
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