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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *faimô ~ *faim(i)niz (“girl, young woman”) + *-jǭ (femininizing suffix), variant of *faimijō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɸɑi̯m.ni.jɔ̃ː/
Noun
*faimnijǭ f
- young woman, maid, maiden
Inflection
Declension of *faimnijǭ (ōn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*faimnijǭ
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*faimnijōniz
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| vocative
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*faimnijǭ
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*faimnijōniz
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| accusative
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*faimnijōnų
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*faimnijōnunz
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| genitive
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*faimnijōniz
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*faimnijōnǫ̂
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| dative
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*faimnijōni
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*faimnijōmaz
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| instrumental
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*faimnijōnē
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*faimnijōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *faimnijā
- Old English: fǣmne
- Old Frisian: fāmne, fēmne, fomne, fonna, fovne, fone
- North Frisian: faamen, fomen, foomen, faamel, fømel
- → Middle Low German: fâmele
- Saterland Frisian: Fauene, Fauende
- West Frisian: feem, faam, faamne
- → Middle English: fonne (possibly)
- → Middle Low German: *fonne, *fone