Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fōt

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fōts.

Noun

*fōt m

1. foot
2. a unit of length

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fōt
Genitive	*fōti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fōt	*fōti
Accusative	*fōtu	*fōti
Genitive	*fōti	*fōtō
Dative	*fōti	*fōtum
Instrumental	*fōti	*fōtum

Derived terms

• *fōtōn
• *fōtskamil

Descendants

• Old English: fōt
  • Middle English: fot, fod, foȝt, foit, foot, foote, fote, fout, fut, vot
    • English: foot (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
    • Yola: voote
• Old Frisian: fōt
  • North Frisian: fötj, fut, Fut
  • Saterland Frisian: Fout
  • West Frisian: foet
• Old Saxon: fōt
  • Middle Low German: vôt
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Voot

        Hamburgisch: Foot

        Westphalian:

        Lippisch: Féut m

        Ravensbergisch: Feot

        Westmünsterländisch: Foot

        Märkisch: Faut

    • Plautdietsch: Foot
• Old Dutch: fuot
  • Middle Dutch: voet
    • Dutch: voet
    • Limburgish: voot
• Old High German: fuoz
  • Middle High German: fuoz, vuoz
    • Alemannic German: Fuas
    • Bavarian: Fuaß

      Cimbrian: vuus, buus, vuaz

      Gottscheerish: vúəs

      Mòcheno: vuas

    • Central Franconian: Foß, Fuß

      Hunsrik: Fus

      Kölsch: Fooß

      Luxembourgish: Fouss

    • German: Fuß
    • Rhine Franconian: Fuss, Fuß

      Frankfurterisch: Fuß – [fuːs], (older) [fois]

      Pennsylvania German: Fuuss

    • Swabian: Fuaß
    • Vilamovian: füs
    • Yiddish: פֿוס (fus)