# fot
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ot

### Verb

fot
* inflection of fotre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* fod, foȝt, foit, foot, foote, fote, fout, fut, vot

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foːt/

### Noun

fot (plural feet or fot or (rare) fotes)
* A foot (appendage used for motion and support)
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:17, page 117v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:⁊ whanne I hadde ſeyn hym .· I felde doun at his feet as deed / ⁊ he puttide his riȝthond on me .· ⁊ ſeide / nyle þou dꝛede I am þe firſte ⁊ þe laſte […]And when I saw him, I fell down at his feet like I was dead. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid; I am the first and the last […]
* The use of one's feet (to move or stand).
* An animal's track or prints.
* One of a set of units of measurement:
** foot (unit for measuring length)
** square foot (unit for measuring area)
** (prosody) A metrical foot
* The bottom or foundation of something (e.g. stairs):
** The foot (leg-like support) of a table or chair.
** The end of a bed or tomb (where the foot rests).
* (figurative) An individual; a human.

#### Usage notes

By far the most common plural form is feet; fotes is relatively rare, and fot is usually only used for the unit of length.

#### Derived terms

* fot hot
* fotbal
* foted
* foten
* fotles
* fotman
* fotynge

#### Descendants

* English: foot (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
* Yola: voote

#### References

* “fọ̄t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-17.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

### Noun

fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føtter, definite plural føttene)
* (anatomy) a foot
* a foot (unit of measurement = 12 inches)

#### Derived terms

* flyttefot
* fotavtrykk
* fotball
* fotfeste
* fotgjenger
* fotnote
* fotspor
* fotsåle
* fottrinn
* fottur
* fottøy
* på frifot
* svømmefot
* til fots

### References

* “fot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Akin to English foot, Latin pēs, and Ancient Greek πούς (poús).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuːt/

### Noun

fot m (definite singular foten, indefinite plural føter, definite plural føtene)
* (anatomy) a foot
* a foot (unit of measurement: 12 inches)

#### Inflection

* Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
* Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
* Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
* $^1$Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. $^2$Form had been allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

#### Derived terms

* flyttefot
* fotavtrykk
* fotball
* fotfeste
* fotgjengar
* fotnote
* fotspor
* fottur
* fottøy
* på frifot
* stå på god fot med
* svømmefot
* symjefot
* til fots

### References

* “fot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōt.
Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fōt, Old Saxon fōt (Dutch voet), Old High German fuoz (German Fuß), Old Norse fótr (Danish fod, Swedish fot), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Sanskrit पद् (pád), Ancient Greek πούς (poús) (genitive ποδός (podós)); Doric πῶς (pôs), Latin pēs (genitive pedis).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foːt/

### Noun

fōt m (nominative plural fēt)
* a foot, in the following senses:
** (anatomy) an organ in humans and animals used for locomotion
    Iċ dypte mīnne fōt on þæt wæter.I dipped my foot into the water.
    Wē ongunnon þæt þorp ġenēahlǣċan on fōtum.We tried to reach the village on foot (literally "on feet").
** a unit of length, especially a third of a yard
*** late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
    ...⁊ sē weall wæs XX fōta þicce, ⁊ XL elna hēah......and the wall was twenty feet thick, and forty cubits tall...
    Þæt wæter is þrītiġ fōta dēop.The water is thirty feet deep.
    Hēo is fīf fōta lang and þrēora ynċa.She is five foot, three inches tall.
** the base or bottom of something
    Hīe wīcodon æt þæs beorges fēt.They camped at the foot of the mountain.
** (prosody) a metrical foot

#### Declension

Strong consonant stem:

#### Derived terms

* -fēte
* fōtlīċ
* fōtmǣlum
* hwītfōt

#### Descendants

* Middle English: fot, fod, foȝt, foit, foot, foote, fote, fout, fut, vot
** English: foot (see there for further descendants)
** Scots: fit, fuit, fut, fute
** Yola: voote

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸod]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *wazdos, which could be from the same root as *wāstos (“empty”).

#### Noun

fot m (genitive fuit)
* length

##### Declension

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Derived terms

* airet
* fota

##### Descendants

* Middle Irish: fot, fat
** Irish: fad
** Manx: fod (“at length”)
** Scottish Gaelic: fad

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fot, fat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Etymology 2

Univerbation of fo do

#### Determiner

fot
* fo + do (“your sg”, triggers lenition): under (etc.) your sg

##### Descendants

* Irish: fád, fód

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

### Noun

fot m
* foot

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: vôt
** Low German:
*** German Low German: Voot
    Hamburgisch: Foot
    Westphalian:
       Lippisch: Féut m
       Ravensbergisch: Feot
       Westmünsterländisch: Foot
       Märkisch: Faut
** Plautdietsch: Foot

## Polabian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vāt / vat.

### Noun

fot m inan
* barrel, vat

### References

* Polański, Kazimierz (1994) “fot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 1096
* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “vot”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 178
* Olesch, Reinhold (1973) “Wôt”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 3: T – Z, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1509

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish fōter, from Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuːt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fot c
* (anatomy) a foot (body part touching the ground while standing or walking)
    När man står upp så har man fötterna på backenWhen you stand up, your feet are on the ground
** 2001, Caramell, “Caramelldansen [The Caramell dance ("karamell" is the usual spelling)]”, in Supergott [Super tasty]‎:Så rör på era fötter (o-a-a-a), och vicka era höfter (o-la-la-la). Gör som vi till denna melodi.So move your feet (o-a-a-a), and wiggle your hips (o-la-la-la). Do as we do [do as we] to this melody.
* a foot (part of something in contact with the underlying surface)
    fötterna på pallenthe feet of the stool
* a foot (end opposite the head or the top)
* a foot (unit of length with various definitions)

#### Antonyms

* huvud
* topp

#### Derived terms

* barfota
* fota
* fotabjället
* fotapall
* fotarbete
* fotavtryck
* fotbad
* fotbeklädnad
* fotblad
* fotboja
* fotboll (“soccer, football”)
* fotbroms
* fotdyna
* fotfel
* fotfetisch
* fotfetischism
* fotfetischist
* fotfolk
* fotfäste
* fotgängare (“pedestrian”)
* fotisättning
* fotknöl
* fotlapp
* fotled (“ankle”)
* fotlänk
* fotnot (“footnote”)
* fotpall
* fotparad
* fotpatrullering
* fotplatta
* fotriktig
* fotsack
* fotsbred
* fotsbredd
* fotsdjup
* fotsid
* fotskada
* fotskadad
* fotskrapa
* fotslång
* fotsoldat
* fotspår (“footprint, footstep”)
* fotsteg
* fotstjock
* fotställ
* fotställning
* fotstöd
* fotsula (“sole of the foot”)
* fotsvamp
* fotsvett
* fotterapeut
* fotvalv
* fotvandra
* fotvandring
* fotvård
* fotvårta
* fotvärmare
* fotända
* fotände
* fyrfota
* fäfot (“cow hoof”)
* gå till fots
* huvudfoting
* händer och fötter
* julgransfot (“a small pot in which a Christmas tree is placed”)
* koloss på lerfötter
* lampfot
* myntfot
* plattfot
* pressarfot
* på stående fot
* sidfot (“page footer”)
* stå på god fot med
* takfot
* trefot (“tripod”)
* tusenfoting
* versfot
* ömfot
* ömfotad

#### See also

* lilltå
* stortå

### References

* fot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from French forêt.

### Noun

fot (nominative plural fots)
* forest

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only