Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fōt
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fōts.
Noun
*fōt m[1]
- foot
- a unit of length
Inflection
| Consonant stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *fōt | |
| Genitive | *fōti | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fōt | *fōti |
| Accusative | *fōtu | *fōti |
| Genitive | *fōti | *fōtō |
| Dative | *fōti | *fōtum |
| Instrumental | *fōti | *fōtum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: fōt
- Old Frisian: fōt
- Old Saxon: fōt, fuot
- Old Dutch: fuot
- Old High German: fuoȥ
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*fōt”