*faimaz
Runic: ᚠᚨᛁᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑi̯.mɑz/noun · masculine · a-stem
Meanings
foam
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poh3y-m-o-s, from *(s)poh3(y)-(‘foam’). Cognate with Latin spūma (‘foam’), Latin pūmex (‘pumice’), Sanskrit फेन (phéna) (phéna, ‘foam’), and Old Church Slavonic пѣна (pěna) (pěna, ‘foam’). (Kroonen 2013) posits an original *men-stem, *(s)péh3y-mn̥ ~ *(s)ph3i-m̥én-s (based on Matasovic 2004), which accounts for the varying -m/n- reflexes, with the Proto-Germanic -m- a result of dissimilation in the -mn- cluster.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | faimaz | faimōz, faimōs |
| Acc. | faimą | faimanz |
| Gen. | faimas, faimis | faimǫ̂ |
| Dat. | faimai | faimamaz |
| Inst. | faimō | faimamiz |
| Voc. | faim | faimōz, faimōs |
Descendants
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*faim (Proto-West Germanic)
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fām, fǣm (Old English)
- fám (Faroese)
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fām, fǣm (Old English)
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*faim (Proto-West Germanic)
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fām, fǣm (Old English)
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fom, fam, fome, foom, foome (Middle English)
- fame, faim, faem (Scots)
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fom, fam, fome, foom, foome (Middle English)
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fām, fǣm (Old English)
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*faim (Proto-West Germanic)
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fām, fǣm (Old English)
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fom, fam, fome, foom, foome (Middle English)
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foam (English)
- fómur (Faroese)
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foam (English)
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fom, fam, fome, foom, foome (Middle English)
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fām, fǣm (Old English)
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*faim (Proto-West Germanic)
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feim (Old High German)
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fūm, vūm (Middle High German)
- Faum (German)
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fūm, vūm (Middle High German)
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feim (Old High German)
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*faim (Proto-West Germanic)
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feim (Old High German)
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veim (Middle High German)
- Feim, Fäum (Alemannic German)
- Foam (Bavarian)
- Faam (East Franconian)
- Feim (German)
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veim (Middle High German)
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feim (Old High German)
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*feimr (poetic) (Old Norse)
- feim, feima, feime (all dialectal) (Norwegian)
- fóma, fómu (Faroese)