*faitaz

Runic: ᚠᚨᛁᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑi̯.tɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

fat

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *póyh2d-o-s, from an o-grade form of *péyh2-de/o-, a de-present from root of *peyh2- (‘swell (with milk); to be swollen, fat’). The de-present is probably derived from a grammaticalization of Proto-Indo-European *deh3- (‘to give’), with the original meaning of the Proto-Germanic being ‘to give (fat to eat)’ > ‘to fatten up’.

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	faitaz	faitō	faitą, -atō	faitai	faitôz	faitō
Acc.	faitanǭ	faitǭ	faitą, -atō	faitanz	faitōz	faitō
Gen.	faitas, -is	faitaizōz	faitas, -is	faitaizǫ̂	faitaizǫ̂	faitaizǫ̂
Dat.	faitammai	faitaizōi	faitammai	faitaimaz	faitaimaz	faitaimaz
Inst.	faitanō	faitaizō	faitanō	faitaimiz	faitaimiz	faitaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	faitô	faitǭ	faitô	faitaniz	faitōniz	faitōnō
Acc.	faitanų	faitōnų	faitô	faitanunz	faitōnunz	faitōnō
Gen.	faitiniz	faitōniz	faitiniz	faitanǫ̂	faitōnǫ̂	faitanǫ̂
Dat.	faitini	faitōni	faitini	faitammaz	faitōmaz	faitammaz
Inst.	faitinē	faitōnē	faitinē	faitammiz	faitōmiz	faitammiz

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Descendants

*fait (Proto-West Germanic)
- feit, *fēt (Old Dutch)
*fait (Proto-West Germanic)
- fat, fet (Old Frisian)
  - fat (Saterland Frisian)
  - fet (West Frisian)
*fait (Proto-West Germanic)
- *feiz (Old High German)
  - veiz (Middle High German)
    - bòas (Cimbrian)
    - feiß (German)
*fait (Proto-West Germanic)
- *fēt (Old Saxon)
  - vēt, veet (Middle Low German)
feitr (Old Norse)
- feitur (Faroese)
- feitur (Icelandic)
feitr (Old Norse)
- fed (Danish)
  - fet (Norwegian Bokmål)
feitr (Old Norse)
- feit (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - feit (Norwegian Bokmål)
feitr (Old Norse)
- fēter (Old Swedish)
  - fet (Swedish)
*paita (Proto-Finnic)
*puojtē (Proto-Samic)

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