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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *faþmaz (“fathom, outstretched arms”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
*faþmōną[1][2]
- to fathom, to measure with outstretched arms
- to embrace, to hug
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faþma-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132: “*faþmōjan-”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*faþmōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95