fálma

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fálma, perhaps imitative of fumbling.[1] Or, from Proto-Indo-European *pal- (to shake, swing), see also Latin palpo (I pat, touch softly), and possibly Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (to feel).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

fálma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fálmaði, supine fálmað)

  1. (intransitive) to fumble, to grope

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • fálm (fumbling, groping)

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fumble”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2313”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2313