Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faitaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *poyh₂d-o-s, from *péyh₂-de-ti, de-present of *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be swollen, fat”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*faitaz
Inflection
Declension of *faitaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *faitaz | *faitai | *faitō | *faitôz | *faitą, -atō | *faitō |
| Accusative | *faitanǭ | *faitanz | *faitǭ | *faitōz | *faitą, -atō | *faitō |
| Genitive | *faitas, -is | *faitaizǫ̂ | *faitaizōz | *faitaizǫ̂ | *faitas, -is | *faitaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *faitammai | *faitaimaz | *faitaizōi | *faitaimaz | *faitammai | *faitaimaz |
| Instrumental | *faitanō | *faitaimiz | *faitaizō | *faitaimiz | *faitanō | *faitaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *faitô | *faitaniz | *faitǭ | *faitōniz | *faitô | *faitōnō |
| Accusative | *faitanų | *faitanunz | *faitōnų | *faitōnunz | *faitô | *faitōnō |
| Genitive | *faitiniz | *faitanǫ̂ | *faitōniz | *faitōnǫ̂ | *faitiniz | *faitanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *faitini | *faitammaz | *faitōni | *faitōmaz | *faitini | *faitammaz |
| Instrumental | *faitinē | *faitammiz | *faitōnē | *faitōmiz | *faitinē | *faitammiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *fait
- Old Norse: feitr
- → Proto-Finnic: *paita (“caul fat”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *puojtē (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN