famn
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- knee, two embracing arms
- fathom as a measure of length
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse faðmr derived from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (embrace, armful) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pat- (feed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pat-
Gloss
feed
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fathom English
- fathomability English
- fathomable English
- fathomer English
- fathometer English
- fathomless English
- fathomly English
- unfathom English
- unfathomability English
- unfathomable English
- syltä Finnish
- syltäinen Finnish
- *pat- Proto-Indo-European
- *pet- Proto-Indo-European
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- favn Norwegian Bokmål
- *faþmaz Proto-Germanic
- *fōdrą Proto-Germanic
- fæþm Old English
- fathome Middle English
- faðmr Old Norse
- faðmur Icelandic
- fadam Old High German
- fadum Old High German
- favnur Faroese
- *faþm gmw-pro
- *fatham Old Dutch
- fağn Scanian