Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fatą

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸɑ.tɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel, container”). Cognate with Lithuanian púodas (“pot, saucepan”),[1] as well as perhaps Lithuanian pė́das (“sheaf”), Latvian pêda (“bunch”).[2]

Noun

*fatą n[1]

  1. vessel, container
Inflection
Declension of *fatą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fatą *fatō
vocative *fatą *fatō
accusative *fatą *fatō
genitive *fatas, *fatis *fatǫ̂
dative *fatai *fatamaz
instrumental *fatō *fatamiz
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *fat
    • Old English: fæt
    • Old Frisian: fet
      • Saterland Frisian: Fät
      • West Frisian: fet
    • Old Saxon: fat
      • Middle Low German: vat
        • German Low German: Fatt
        • Low German: Vat
    • Old Dutch: fat, vat
    • Old High German: faz
  • Old Norse: fat
    • Icelandic: fat
    • Faroese: fat
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fat
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: fat
    • Old Swedish: fat
    • Danish: fad

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin. Traditionally considered equivalent to the "vessel" sense of Etymology 1;[3] however, it is more likely an etymologically distinct loanword from some language of the Caucasus, as represented by Proto-Northeast Caucasian *HpădV (“clothes”), whence Avar hebét (“linen”), Laka pat:a (“old clothes”), Rutul badu (“trousers”).[4]

Noun

*fatą n[4]

  1. clothes, dress
Inflection
Declension of *fatą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fatą *fatō
vocative *fatą *fatō
accusative *fatą *fatō
genitive *fatas, *fatis *fatǫ̂
dative *fatai *fatamaz
instrumental *fatō *fatamiz
Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fata-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fatan I”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
  3. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “fat”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[3] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 113
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fatan II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
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