*fetą

Runic: ᚠᛖᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸe.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

step; stride; pace; gait

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ped-ó-m (‘step’), from root *ped- (‘to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall’). Cognates are Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒁕𒀭 (pe-e-da-an /⁠pēdan⁠/) (pe-e-da-an /⁠pēdan⁠/, ‘place; floor, ground’), Old Armenian հետ (het, ‘foot; footstep, footprint, track; trace, vestige; way, path’), Scottish Gaelic feadh (‘extent, length; fathom’), Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon) (pédon, ‘ground, earth’), Sanskrit पद (padá) (padá, ‘step, pace, stride’), and Latin oppidō (‘very, greatly, much’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.fetąfetō
Acc.fetąfetō
Gen.fetas, fitisfetǫ̂
Dat.fetaifetamaz
Inst.fetōfetamiz
Voc.fetąfetō

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Descendants

  • *fet (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fæt (Old English)
      • fæthengest, sīþfæt (Old English)
  • fet, fjat (Old Norse)
    • fet, feti (Faroese)
    • fet (Icelandic)
    • fet (Norwegian)
  • fet, fjat (Old Norse)
    • fiat (Old Danish)
      • fjed (Danish)
  • fet, fjat (Old Norse)
    • fiæt, fæt (Old Swedish)
      • fjät (Swedish)

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