*faimnijǭ

Runic: ᚠᚨᛁᛗᚾᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑi̯m.ni.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

young woman, maid, maiden

Etymology

From *faimô (‘maiden, girl’) + *-(i)jō (femininizing suffix), variant of *faimijǭ (‘young woman, maid, maiden’). This variant gives credence to an original *men-stem for this *faim- complex, *péyh₂-mn̥ ~ *pih₂-mén-s, from root *peyh₂- (‘swell (with milk); to be swollen, fat’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	faimnijǭ	faimnijōniz
Acc.	faimnijōnų	faimnijōnunz
Gen.	faimnijōniz	faimnijōnǫ̂
Dat.	faimnijōni	faimnijōmaz
Inst.	faimnijōnē	faimnijōmiz
Voc.	faimnijǭ	faimnijōniz

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Descendants

*faimnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- fǣmne (Old English)
*faimnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- fāmne, fēmne, fomne, fonna, fovne, fone (Old Frisian)
  - Fauene, Fauende (Saterland Frisian)
  - feem, faam, faamne (West Frisian)
*faimnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- fāmne, fēmne, fomne, fonna, fovne, fone (Old Frisian)
  - fonne (Middle English)
    - fun, fond (English)
*faimnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- fāmne, fēmne, fomne, fonna, fovne, fone (Old Frisian)
  - *fonne, *fone (Middle Low German)
    - Foon (Low German)
*faimnijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- fāmne, fēmne, fomne, fonna, fovne, fone (Old Frisian)
  - faamen, fomen, foomen, faamel, fømel (North Frisian)
    - fâmele (Middle Low German)

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