Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faim

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 *faimaz.

Noun

*faim m

foam, froth

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faim
Genitive	*faimas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faim	faimō, faimōs
Accusative	*faim	*faimā
Genitive	*faimas	*faimō
Dative	*faimē	*faimum
Instrumental	*faimu	*faimum

Derived terms

*faimag
*faimīg
*faimijan
*faimīn
*faimōn

Related terms

*faimagōn
*faimīgōn

Descendants

Old English: fām, fǣm n
- Middle English: fom, fam, fome, foom, foome
  - English: foam
  - Scots: fame, faim, faem
- → Faroese: fám
Old High German: feim
- Middle High German: veim
  - Cimbrian: vòam, bòam
  - German: Feim
- >? Middle High German: fūm, vūm
  - German: Faum