Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faþm

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 *faþmaz.

Noun

*faþm m[1]

outstretched arms
embrace
fathom

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*faþm
Genitive	*faþmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*faþm	faþmō, faþmōs
Accusative	*faþm	*faþmā
Genitive	*faþmas	*faþmō
Dative	*faþmē	*faþmum
Instrumental	*faþmu	*faþmum

Descendants

Old English: fæþm
- Middle English: fathome, fadome
  - Scots: faddom
  - English: fathom
Old Frisian: fethem, fethm
- Saterland Frisian: Fäidem, Fäden
- West Frisian: fiem
Old Saxon: fathm
- Middle Low German: vādem
  - German Low German: Faam
  - Low German: fadem, faem
Old Dutch: *fatham
- Middle Dutch: vādem, vāem (late)
  - Dutch: vadem, vaam
Old High German: fadam, fadum
- Middle High German: vadem, vaden
  - Cimbrian: baadom
  - German: Faden
  - Luxembourgish: Fuedem

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *faþm”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331: “PWGmc *faþm”