Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faþmōną

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”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑθ.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*faþmōną^[1]^[2]

to fathom, to measure with outstretched arms
to embrace, to hug

Inflection

Conjugation of *faþmōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*faþmō	*faþmǭ	—	*faþmōi	?
2nd singular	*faþmōsi	*faþmōs	*faþmō	*faþmōsai	*faþmōsau
3rd singular	*faþmōþi	*faþmō	*faþmōþau	*faþmōþai	*faþmōþau
1st dual	*faþmōs	*faþmōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*faþmōþiz	*faþmōþiz	*faþmōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*faþmōmaz	*faþmōm	—	*faþmōnþai	*faþmōnþau
2nd plural	*faþmōþ	*faþmōþ	*faþmōþ	*faþmōnþai	*faþmōnþau
3rd plural	*faþmōnþi	*faþmōn	*faþmōnþau	*faþmōnþai	*faþmōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*faþmōdǭ	*faþmōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*faþmōdēz	*faþmōdēdīz
3rd singular	*faþmōdē	*faþmōdēdī
1st dual	*faþmōdēdū	*faþmōdēdīw
2nd dual	*faþmōdēdudiz	*faþmōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*faþmōdēdum	*faþmōdēdīm
2nd plural	*faþmōdēdud	*faþmōdēdīd
3rd plural	*faþmōdēdun	*faþmōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*faþmōndz	*faþmōdaz

Related terms

*faþmijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *faþmōn
- Old English: fæðmian
  - Middle English: fathmen, fadmen
    - English: fathom
- Old Frisian: *fethmia
  - West Frisian: fiemje
- Old Saxon: *fathmōn
  - Middle Low German: vādemen
- Old Dutch: *fathmon
  - Middle Dutch: vādemen
    - Dutch: vademen
- Old High German: fadamōn, fadumōn
Old Norse: faðma
- Icelandic: faðma
- Norwegian:
  Bokmål: favne
  
  Nynorsk: famne, famna
- Swedish: famna
- Danish: favne

References

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

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faþma-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132: “*faþmōjan-”

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*faþmōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95

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