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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fulmō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm of the hand”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).[2] Cognate with Latin palma (“palm”), Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (“hand”), Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸul.mɔː/

Noun

*fulmō f

  1. palm (of the hand)

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *fulmō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *fulmō *fulmôz
vocative *fulmō *fulmôz
accusative *fulmǭ *fulmōz
genitive *fulmōz *fulmǫ̂
dative *fulmōi *fulmōmaz
instrumental *fulmō *fulmōmiz

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *folmu
    • Old English: folm, folme
    • Old Saxon: folm m (only attested as plural)
    • Old High German: folma

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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