Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faþmijaną

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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 *faþmijaną (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

Related terms

• *faþmōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *faþmijan
  • Old Saxon: *fethmian
    • Middle Low German: vedemen
  • Old Dutch: *fethmen
    • Middle Dutch: vedemen
• Old Norse: feðma
  • Icelandic: feðma

References

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