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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/felma-
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Probably an original men-stem from Proto-Indo-European *pélmō which was re-formed as if from *pél-mo-s, from the root *pel- (“hide, skin; to cover, wrap”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”), which is from *pélmn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸel.maz/
- IPA(key): /ˈɸel.mɔːː/
Noun
*felma- m
- (West Germanic) covering, skin, hide, fleece
Inflection
Possible original an-stem paradigm:
masculine an-stemDeclension of *felmô (masculine an-stem) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | *felmô | *felmaniz | |
vocative | *felmô | *felmaniz | |
accusative | *felmanų | *felmanunz | |
genitive | *filminiz | *felmanǫ̂ | |
dative | *filmini | *felmammaz | |
instrumental | *filminē | *felmammiz |
If it was an a-stem:
masculine a-stemDeclension of *felmaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | *felmaz | *felmōz, *felmōs | |
vocative | *felm | *felmōz, *felmōs | |
accusative | *felmą | *felmanz | |
genitive | *felmas, *filmis | *felmǫ̂ | |
dative | *filmai | *felmamaz | |
instrumental | *felmō | *felmamiz |
Related terms
- *fellą
Descendants
In the Anglo-Frisian languages, derived forms seem to have supplanted the inherited forms.
- Old English: *felma (in compound ǣġerfelma); filmen, fylmen (< *filmīną)
- Middle English: filme
- Scots: fillum, feelim
- English: film
- Middle English: filme
- Old Frisian: filmene
- Old Dutch: *felm
- Middle Dutch: velm
- Old High German: felm m
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*felma(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135