Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fat

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *fatą.

Noun

*fat n[1]

vessel, container

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fat	*fatu
Accusative	*fat	*fatu
Genitive	*fatas	*fatō
Dative	*fatē	*fatum
Instrumental	*fatu	*fatum

Descendants

Old English: fæt
- Middle English: fat, fet, vat, vet
  - Scots: fat, vat, vautt
  - English: fat, vat
Old Frisian: fet
- Saterland Frisian: Fät
- West Frisian: fet
Old Saxon: fat
- Middle Low German: vat
  - German Low German: Fatt
  - Low German: Vat
Old Dutch: fat, vat
- Middle Dutch: vat
  - Dutch: vat, vaat
Old High German: faz
- Middle High German: vaz, vas
  - Cimbrian: bass
  - German: Fass
  - Luxembourgish: Faass

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *fat”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *fat”