*faþō

Runic: ᚠᚨᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸɑ.θɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

father's sister, paternal aunt

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ph2tḗr (‘father’) with a feminine suffix, *-eh₂, thus *ph́2t-eh₂.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.faþōfaþôz
Acc.faþǭfaþōz
Gen.faþōzfaþǫ̂
Dat.faþōifaþōmaz
Inst.faþōfaþōmiz
Voc.faþōfaþôz

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Descendants

  • faþe, faþu (Old English)
    • * fathe, *fathe (Middle English)
      • fathasunu (Middle English)
  • fethe (Old Frisian)
  • *fatha (Old Saxon)
    • vāde (Middle Low German)

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