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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faitaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-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

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑi̯.tɑz/

Adjective

*faitaz

  1. fat

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *faitą

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fait
    • Old Frisian: fat
      • Saterland Frisian: Fat
    • Old Saxon: *fēt
      • Middle Low German: vēt, veet
    • Old Dutch: feit, *fēt
    • Old High German: *feiz
      • Middle High German: veiz
        • Cimbrian: bòas
        • German: feiß (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: feitr
  • Proto-Finnic: *paita (caul fat) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *puojtē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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