Proto-Germanic: *fáɵma-z, *fáɵmō
Meaning: armvoll, fathom
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.
