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] The de-present is probably derived from a grammaticalization of Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”), with the original meaning of the Germanic being "to give (fat to eat)" > "to fatten up".^[1] Related to Proto-Germanic *fajjaz (“fat”), whence dialectal Dutch vei (“fat, lush, fertile”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑi̯.tɑz/

Adjective

*faitaz

fat

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

*faitą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fait
- Old Frisian: fat, fet
  - Saterland Frisian: fat
  - West Frisian: fet
- 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
- Icelandic: feitur
- Faroese: feitur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: feit
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: feit
- Old Swedish: fēter
  - Swedish: fet
- Danish: fed
  - Norwegian Bokmål: fet
→ Proto-Finnic: *paita (“caul fat”) (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Samic: *puojtē (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faita-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faj(j)a-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faita-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faj(j)a-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124

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