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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *pat-/-e-
Meaning: shoulders, armful, fathom
Baltic: *pet-ia- c., *pet-iā̃ f.
Germanic: *fáɵ-m-a- m., *fáɵ-m-ō f.
Celtic: Gael aithamh `Faden (Mass)', OCymr etem gl. `instita', MCymr pl. adaued `Fäden', NCymr edaf, edeu `Faden, Zwirn'
Russ. meaning: плечи, охапка/сажень (Faden)
References: WP II 18 f
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *pet-ia- c., *pet-iā̃ f.
Meaning: shoulder
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: petī̃-s, gen. pẽčiō (and petì-s, gen. -iẽs), pl. pečiaĩ `Schulter, Achsel'
Old Prussian: pette `Schulter' V. 104, pettis `Schulterblatt' V. 106, [falschlich geschr. pectis] `Ofenschaufel' V. 332
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *fáɵma-z, *fáɵmō
Meaning: armvoll, fathom
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: faδm-r `Umfassung, Umarmung; Busen, Schoss; Faden'
Norwegian: famn `Umarmung; Klafter'
Swedish: famn `Umarmung; Klafter'
Danish: favn `Umarmung; Klafter'
Old English: fäɵm, -es m., -e f. `the embracing arms; lap, bosom, breast; cubit, length from the elbow to the writt (6 or 18 inches); both the arms extended'
English: fathom
Old Frisian: feth(e)m m. `vadem'
Old Saxon: pl. fathmos m. `die beiden ausgestreckten Arme, Umarmung'
Middle Dutch: vādem m. `uisgstrekte armen, ook als maat'
Dutch: vadem, vaam m.
Middle Low German: vādem `Mass der ausgebreiteten Arme; Faden'
Old High German: fadam, fadum `Garn, Klafter' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: vadem, vaden st. m. `Faden; Garn; Schnur; Draht'
German: Faden m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1507
Root: pet-1, pet-, petǝ-
English meaning: to open wide (the arms)
German meaning: `ausbreiten', bes. die Arme
Material: Av. paɵana- `weit, breit' (das ɵ nach pǝrǝɵu- ds.);

    gr. Aor. πετάσσαι, πετάσαι, danach πετάννῡμι `breite aus, öffne', altes Präs. πίτνημι, πίτνω (aus *pet-), πέτασμα n. `Vorhang', πέτασος m. `breitkrempiger Hut', πέταλος `ausgebreitet', πέταλονn. `Platte, Blatt', πατάνη f. `Schüssel' (aus *πετάνᾱ; daraus lat. patina ds.);

    lat. pateō, -ēre `sich erstrecken, offenstehen'; dazu pandō, -ere `öffne, breite aus' (der Wechsel t : d erklärt sich durch alte athemat. Flexion nach Kuiper, Nasalpräs. 163), passus m. `Schritt, Klafter'; patera `flache Schale' (aus patina durch Einfluß von crater ?); ob hierherpetīlus `dünn und schmächtig'??; osk. pat[ít?] `patet', patensíns `panderent', volsk. Imper. an-patitu `*adpanditō';

    schott.-gäl. aitheamh (*eitheamh) `Faden' (als Maß), = acymr. etem, ncymr. edau ds. (*petimā);

    aisl. faðmr `Umarmung, Klafter, Faden', FlN Fǫð, Gen. Faðar, ags. fæðm mf. ds. `Faden, Klafter', engl. fathom, ahd. fadam, fadum `Faden'; hierher auch ags. foðer, engl. fother, nhd. Fuder?, ahd. fuodar, as. fōther, ags. fōðor `Wagenlast', nhd. Fuder, aus germ. *fōðra- `das Umfassende'; got. faþa, mhd. vade f. `Zaun' (als `Umfassung'); ahd. fedel-gold `Blattgold' (:gr. πέταλον), fraglich ags. gold-fell `Goldplatte', mhd. golt-vel `Goldblech';

    lit. petỹs `Schulter', apr. pette f. ds.; pettis m. `Schaufel, Schulterblatt';

    hitt. pattar, Dat. paddani `Tablett (?)'.

References: WP. II 18, WH. II 244 f., 262, Trautmann 217.
Pages: 824-825
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